Letter 9

Pope Pelagius IUnknown|c. 557 AD|pelagius i|From Rome
diplomatic

Pope Pelagius I to Unknown.

uiro honesto] restitui (cf. ep. 2, 1,2): huc but from uh., to us (legerat ub. urbis «8 6. Petro uiro honesto: Cf. ep. 2,1 and adnotationes ibidem conscrip¬ tas. Licet may have been vir plebeius however his status superior was illo their who plebei people stricte consebantur. Cf. E. MayEr, o. c,, p. 60-61. 2. epistula... through diaconum atque subdiaconum: is ep. 7. Latores fuerunt Flavianus and Nestorius. Cf. ep. 5,8 when notulis, and notata initio ep. 7, p. 16-17 and 21. rescripto tuae of love: Nescimus what responsi dederit Sapaudus. Professio vero of the faith Pelagii ep. 7 regis animum, so that it seems, placavit. furthermore, commendamus specialiter to the love tuae Romanos, who 3 illic hostilitatis metu confugerunt, so that solacium fraternitatis tuae and continentiam qualem peregrinatio their poscit inueniant; quos also filio our, magnificentissimo uiro patricio Placido, genitori tuo, from nostra persona uolumus commendari, so that in sua continentia go recognoscant quantum at love tuam to them commendatio we¬ tra profuerit. but and that to commemorationem tuae fraterni4 tatis adducimus, so that, sicut now pridem we wrote, uestes qiiae pau¬ peribus erogentur, id is, cucullas and tunicas atque saga, concerning id that for pensionibus ecclesiasticarum possessionum to us domnus £5 son our Placidus directurus was, conparari faciatis, and to Portum Romanum, to God propitiante, dirigere, quatenus sollicituilluc az ostilitatis fraternitati 17 and continentiaml codd.\ in continen¬ tia Gundlach posscit 18. az concerning id]: concerning eo az 26 quatinus that now not amplius concerning quaestione locutum may have been. Attamen postea Pela¬ gius to Sapaudum iterum so that scriberet was necesse (ep. 19), verum modo to mutationem animi tuendam, quam circa Trium Capitulorum negotium may have been expertus. not dubito, in hanc animi pontificis mutationem not nihil ponderis habere potuisse propositam ab imperatore to solium ponti¬ ficium evectionem, verum not is cur prorsus diffidatur, so that re true Pelagms mentem pristinam mutasset, persuasus novo lumine rationum quas to himself emperor obiecerat. quoad hunc usum illic when motu., hostilitatis metu: Perdurante bello Gothico, that a. 555 to finem suum pervenit opera Narsetis. Cf. L. M. HarTmann, Geschichte,,,, t. I, p. 246-334; E. Stein, Histoive..., p. 328-368; 564-612, and continentiam: Id is, sustentatio, Passim occurrit in epp. Thesaurus..., t. IV, p. 700, 1, 70-79. patricio Placido genitori tuo: Cf. ep. 4,4 when notulis ibidem adscriptis, p. 12. 4. now pridem we wrote: Cf. ep. 4,4, p. 12. concerning id that: Locutio linguae plebis quam consulto adhibuit probabiliter papa, so that rem more perspicuam redderet. Cf. Thesaurus.... t. V. p. 43, 1, 30-46. Cf. furthermore ViGnji (PeeAGIi) Constitutum concerning Tribus Capitulis in Coli. Avellana, ep. 83, 266; 271 (O. GuEnTHER, o. c,, p. 305, 1. 12, p. 306, 1. 15), that veri similius facit. Pelagium potuisse hac vul¬ gari uti dictione. to Portum Romanum: Oppidum was a Narsete captum a. 552. PEI.AGII I PAPAE dinem nostram from parte aliqua releuetis; because tanta egestas and nu¬ ditas in duitate ista is, so that without dolore and angustia cordis our people quos honesto loco natos idoneos noueramus, not possumus sQ aspicere. May God keep you safe, dearest brother. Data Idibus Aprilibus, anno XVI <after consulatum) Basili uiri most distinguished. rissime [kme] codd, 31 idibus aprilibus] Gundlach (cf, epp, 7, l. 9; 2, l. 36; 3, l. 61; 4, 1.29-30; 5, l. 48-49; 10 1 l. 62-63), id. april. id. aprili (an idibus aprilis? . uiri. EpistueaE 9,4-5; 10,1 so that denub trahat in of the church ovile episcopos Tusciae Annonariae, who not modo a in communion Pelagii decederant, verum also ab eo poposcerant so that their schisma confirmaret, Pelagius suam of the faith for¬ fessionem to them sends. Attamen pontifex optime is paratus to all things responsa danda, lest what dubitationis in quolibet their remaneat.

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