Letter 75: FrIEDBERG, Decr. Gratiani, XXV, 2, 16, c.

Pope Pelagius I to John, count of the patrimony. In response to one who said he had the imperial orders in hand, we replied that he should know what the most gracious emperor himself has established in his general laws: that those sacred grants made at the request of individual petitioners prevail and take effect only when they are in harmony with the principles of law and justice. Those things, however, that are obtained by misrepresentation — even though they carry imperial authority on their face — cannot legally be enforced, since deception vitiates whatever appears to flow from it. Act according to this principle in the matter before you.

FrIEDBERG, Decr. Gratiani, XXV, 2, 16, c. 1015; WOLF V. GLANVELL Deusde- dit Coli, can., IV, 99, p. 443-444; J-K. 1033, [I, p. 135]. PEIvAGIUS IOHANNI COMITI PATRIMONII. [<In> ana- gnostico]. . Dicenti, sacras iussiones se habere prae manibus, repon- 1 dimus scire illum oportere, quod ipse clementissimus princeps gene¬ ralibus legibus constituerit, illa sacra uniuscuiusque supplicantis desiderio concessa praeualere et effectui mancipari, quae cum iuris et legum ratione concordant. Ea nero quae subreptione 2 fol. 67''^, Ei fol. 72-72^, E^^ fol. 72^: (1: clementissimus ...-2), E^ fol. 35^^; Fi fol. 5 ^va-vb^ Fa fol. 66^^, Fi fol. 71^. cetera D 3 ipse] ille E^ clemtissimus B 4 constituit D E^ illam sacram E^ unicuiusque E^, cuiuscumque B supplicantis] s ultim. super scr. D^, om. F 5 con¬ cessam ualere E^^ mancipari] ex mancipare Fg 6 concordat surreptione Fa, surreptio Fg» surreptie F D^, suprepticiae Fj Tit. Iohanni comiti patrimonii: Cf. notata ad titulum ep. 38, p. 109. [In anagnostico]: Anagnosticum idem valet perinde ac decreti^m, litterae, aut latius scriptum quodeumque. Cf. Du CanGE, Glossarium,.., t. I, p. 242; L. M. HarTmann, MGH., Epp., t. II, p. 225, n.; Thesaurus ..., t. II, p. 15; A. BeaisE, 0 . c., p. 79^. Hic autem forte quid magis definitum significat, simile ei quod haec designavit vox in Synodo Romano a. 502, id est, quasi memoria vel breve; an ipsa Pelagii Lateranensia Regesta, unde epistulae fuerant desumptae? Cf. W. Enssein, Zu dem Anagnosticum des Konigs Theodorich des Grossen, in Annuaire de VInstit. de Philol. et d*Hist. Orieni., t. IX, 1949 (= Milanges Grdgoire, 1) p. 233-245. generalibus legibus constituerit: Eaedem atque in ep. 73,2, ni¬ mirum luSTiNlANi Cod., I, 23,7; 22,2-5. cum iuris ... ratione: Cf. Iustiniani Cod., I, 19,7. PEI/AGII I PAPAE uel falsis praecibus forsitan impetrantur, nullum supplicantibus ferre remedium. plicantibus B 8 ferre] seq. duo Htt. eras, et plicantibus ferre iterat, et delet, in B remedium] DBF: subsidium fan recte?) B. 2. remedium: Nota lectionem Coli. Britannicae: subsidium pro re¬ medium, quae una dat cursum rhythmicum etiam metricum. Cf tamen apparatus lectionum testimonia. I I EpistueaE 75,2; 76 Pratorum cultui, quae ad Portuensem viam sunt locata, sedulo invigilat,