E02790: Two letters of Pope Gregory the Great (Register 1.18 and 13.3), of 591 and 602, mention a monastery of saint *Adrianus (presumably Adrianos, martyr of Nicomedia, S01342) in Palermo (Sicily). Written in Latin in Rome.
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Pope Gregory the Great, Register of Letters 1.18
From the opening of the letter:
GREGORIVS PETRO SVBDIACONO Insinuatum nobis est Marcellum Barunitanae ecclesiae, ibidem in ciuitate Panormitana in monasterio sancti Adriani in paenitentiam deputatum, non solum uictus necessitatem pati, sed et nuditatis nimiam sustinere molestiam.
'Gregory to Peter subdeacon It has been suggested to us that Marcellus of the church of Barunitum, sent for penance to the monastery of Saint Adrianus in the same city of Palermo, was not only suffering a shortage of life's necessities, but was also enduring the excessive hardship of a lack of clothing.'
Pope Gregory the Great, Register of Letters 13.3
Extract from a letter to the monk Adeodatus:
Quia igitur, priusquam in monasterio sancti Adriani, ubi es conversus, intrares [...]
'Therefore, before you entered the monastery of Saint Adrianus, where you became a monk ...'
Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Rome
Rome
Rome
Roma
Ῥώμη
Rhōmē
Major author/Major anonymous work
Gregory the Great (pope)
Cult activities - Places
Cult building - monastic
Cult activities - Places Named after Saint
Monastery
Cult Activities - Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
Other lay individuals/ people
Source
A letter transmitted as part of Gregory the Great’s Register of Letters. This letter collection, organised into fourteen books, is large and contains letters to a variety of recipients, including prominent aristocrats, members of the clergy and royalty. The issues touched on in the letters are equally varied, ranging from theological considerations to mundane administrative matters. This collection of letters, which was possibly curated by Gregory, was originally much larger. The surviving Register comprises several groups of letters which were extracted at several later moments in history, the largest of which took place in the papacy of Hadrian I (772-795).
Bibliography
Edition:
Norberg, D., S. Gregorii Magni, Registrum epistularum. 2 vols. (Corpus Christianorum Series Latina 140-140A; Turnhout: Brepols, 1982).
English translation:
Martyn, J.R.C., The Letters of Gregory the Great, 3 vols. (Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, 2004).