Letter 86

Pope Pelagius IUnknown|c. 558 AD|pelagius i|From Rome

Pope Pelagius I to Unknown.

PELAGIUS ELEUTHERIO to the bishop. Maximus, diaco1 nus of the church of love tuae, to us suggessit, in fundo who apellatur Pancelliis oratorium himself for sua deuotione fundasse, that in honosinuatione suggessit, that habetur in subditis, in fundo ill» iuris ilb V Tit. Eleutherio to the bishop: if bishop Syracusanus not was, or certe moreover Siculus praesul. Cf. which notavi to titulos epp. 44 and 41, p. 121 and 114. if re true fuisset Syracusanus antistes concerning quo loquitur ep. 33,2, letters hae posteriores indeed essent ep. 18; inde dubia notatio diei epistulae. 1. Huius epistulae formulam servavit and ep. 89, and Lib. Diurnus, form. 11; cf. also form. 23; 24. (Th. E. v. SiCKEE, o. c., p. 10-11; 17-18). Frequenter eadem is usus, quibusdam plus minusve mutatis, S. GrEGORius great, Reg., II, 9; 15; IX, 58; 71; 165; 180; 233; XIII, 18 (P. Ewaed 164; 174; 385). lam moreover fortasse ipse Pelagius formulam invenit con¬ fectam (cf. infra), or posteaquam eam stabiliverat haud feliciter ea usi are —forte eo that aliquibus indicationibus egebant — papae notarii, lam vero among letters S. Geeasii I quaedam inveniuntur, which huic formu¬ 59, c. 148); in primis moreover J-K. 630 (S. Loeweneeed, o. c., p. 1,2) huic epistulae consimilis is and tamquam priscum formulae nucleum haberi merito can. Cf. furthermore L. K. GoETz, in Zeitschvift /. Kivchenvecht, IIT Folge, t. V, 1895, p. 4. Maximus diaconus: not cognitus. in fundo PancelSus: where exstaret ignoratur. 14. —p. PEI.AGII I PAPAE re blessed Cantianae martyris desiderat consecrari. and therefore, brother dearest, if in tuae diocesi<s> memorata constructio iure consistit, and nullum corpus ibidem constat humatum, percepta primitus donatione legitima, id is, possessione ilb and ill* praestantes libe¬ ros a fiscalibus titulis solidos tot, gestisque municipalibus allega¬ tis, praedictum oratorium absque missis publicis sollemniter con¬ io secrabis. thus however, so that in eodem loco nor futuris temporibus baptisterium construatur, nor presbyterum constituas cardina4 -re] (cf, ep, 89, L 4) (thus ubiq, and S. Gregor, I Reg.): -rem D V blessed... codd, tuae diocesis] coni, (when S, Greg, I Reg,): tuae parrochie V, tua diocesi D [dyocesi] 6 primitus] V (and S, Greg, I Reg,): prius D 7. Cf. BHL., 1543-1549, p. 232-233; Suppi. BHL., 1547-1549 c, XI, c. 783-784. Cf. however F. VON S. Doy , Heilige und Seilige, t. I, Leipzig, 1929, p. 166; Acta Sanctorum lunii..., t. III, Parisiis, 1867, p. B-C, E-F. Notandum is testimonium huius holy cultus in Sicilia (?) med. s. VI. 2. tuae diocesis: thus absque dubio is legendum when plurimis Lih, Diurni formulis: 11; 23; 24; 26 (Th. E. v. SickEe, o, c,, p. 10; 17, 1. 6; 18, 1. 3; 19, 1. 4-5) and when plurimis itidem litteris S. Gregorii Magni, quas supra notavi. primitus: also lectio genuina, prout ostendunt and Lib, Di¬ urnus and S. Gregorii Magni, Reg, against CoU, Deusdedit, Primitus reperitur in S. Benedicti, Regula, 53, v. 4 (A. Eentini, o, c,, p. 434). Cf. B.LiNderbauEr, 5. Benedicti Regula, herausgegeben und philogisch erkldrt, Metten, 1922, p. 348; R. DEVREESSE, o, c,, p. 41, 1. 21; S.XoEWENFEED, o, c,, p. 1,2; A. Beaise. o, c,, p. 662 possessione ill»... and ill»... solidos tot: this desiderantur prae¬ diorum nomina and reditum whom pariebant, which all things, opinor, in promptu scribae not habuerunt in litteris redigendis. Cf. exempli cause epistu¬ las S. Gregorii Magni, quas supra in § 1 adlegavi, where diversimode reperiuntur supleta ambigua formulae. 3. presbyterum... cardinalem: Cf. which now scripsi to ep. 17,4, p. 52. Cf. furthermore that wrote cl. M. AndriEU, Vorigine du titre concerning Cardinal dans Vj£glise Romaine (Studi e Testi, 125) Miscellanea G, Mercati, t. V, Qtta of God Vaticano, 1946, p. 113-144, praesertim p. 119lem. but quotiens missas to himself fieri forte maluerit, a dilectione tua presbyterum nouerit postulandum, quatenus nihil tale a quo¬ libet alio sacerdote ullatenus praesumatur. missas to himself fieri] scripsi (saepius and S, Greg, I Reg,): missas fieri to himself V, missa to himself fieri D forte] Dz, eH morte Dj (aliqdo, and S, Greg, I Reg,): fortasse V (and aliqdo, Reg,) presbyterum nouerit] D (and S: Greg, I Reg,): nouerit presbiterum V quatinus D 14 praesumatur] add, sanctuaria uero suscepta sui when reuerentia collocabis V (and saepius S, Greg, Reg,), missas... to himself: Textum primigenium this dixisse suadent Lib. Diurni form. 11 supra memorata and lectiones plurium litterarum S. Gre¬ gorii Magni, Reg. IX, 58; 71; 180, illae videlicet which proprius to formu¬ lam nostram accedunt. Quocirca in Reg, II, 15, perperam selegisse it seems codd., Reg,, IX, 165, moreover: quotiens missas ibi degentes illic monks fieri voluerint, if errori scribarum not imputanda may be, to be must exemplum aliae lectionis, quam to us ep. 89 liquido praebet. postulandum: for iure praesentationis, that fundatorem penes manebat. Cf. epp. 28; 36,2; 42,1; 43,2; 89,2, p. 83; 103; 117; 120; 215-216. PEI.AGII I PAPAE loanni to the bishop I/arinati commendat, so that nullo laicorum hominum permittat himself inmiscere in administrationem monasteriorum in I ucania and Samnio. Eum moreover rogat, so that velit concerning bono regimine eorundem aptioreque agrorum culttua providere.

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