Letter 54: Ined.: ( 2 ). PELAGIUS [PAPA] CONSTANTINO DEFENSORI.

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Pope Pelagius I to Constantine, defender of the Church.

Romanus, a cleric of the church of Teano, having been deposed from clerical order for the crime of adultery which he is reported to have committed, has been confined in a monastery here in the city of Rome on our orders to do penance — with the provision that, should he ever attempt to leave and return to Campania, the penalty now moderated by ecclesiastical clemency will be applied in full, and he will without doubt suffer exile. We inform you of this so that you may take appropriate action should he attempt to circumvent this sentence.

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Latin / Greek Original

Ined.: ( 2 ).

PELAGIUS [PAPA] CONSTANTINO DEFENSORI. Ro- 1
manus, clericus ecclesiae Theanensis, pro crimine adulterii quod
eum admisisse perhibetur, <a> clericatus ordine depositus, in mo¬
nasterio, hic in urbe Roma, ad agendam paenitentiam ex nostra
iussione retrusus est; ita ut, si quando exinde egredi et ad Cam- 2
paniam reuerti temptauerit, poenam, quae nunc ecclesiastica mo¬
deratione temperata est, subeat, et indubitanter patiatur exilium.

fol. 114^: (1-2), C, fol. 106^: (1-2); G fol. 48: (1); H fol. 69^^: (1).

thean. clericus B C^G H teanensis G, tianensis ex tanensis {?) H 8 eum] om. B
CiGH amisisse B depositus] B^ C 2 {parv. ras. post t; ex deposito?^ G:

deposito B C^H 4 urbe romana G H 5 retrusus est {et rei. cum B B^ H) oin. G
egredi et] regredi [et om.] C 4 6 reuerti] in marg. 7 -deracione C 4

paciatur Cg C^.

Tit. Constantino defensori: Idem Campanus defensor, qui iam in
ep. 22,3, p. 69, recordatus est. Cf. quod scripsit P. Kehr, o. c., t. VIII
p. 70,1, qui veri simile putat, eum fuisse illum Consentiam (vel Constan¬
tium) qui, teste S. Gregorio Magno (J-E. 1618; cf. etiam J-E 1619) Reg.,

IX, 93; 94 (E. M. HarTmann, MGH., Epp., t. II, p. 105), antea patrimonii
Campaniae curam gesserat.

1. Romanus clericus: Cui idcirco matrimonimn licitmn manebat;
facilius ideo eius lapsus concipitur. Cf. notulas in ep. 47,2, p. 128.

ecclesiae Theanensis: Teani Sidicini (nunc Teano), in Campania,
cuius, episcopus tunc temporis non fuit Domninus, sicut hucusque cre¬
ditum est. Cf. adnotationes in ep. 93, p. 221. Quoad sedem Teanensem
cf. F. Eanzoni, o. c., p. 186; P. KEHr, o. c., t. VIII, p. 255-259.

a clericatus ordine depositus: Cf. etiam ep. 82,1: in officio esse
dicitur clericatus, et adnotationes in ep. 19,26, p. 61,

PEI.AGII I PAPAE

Episcopo vetitum est ecclesiae suae iura abdicare, posteaquam
eadem confirmata sunt.

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