E02810: A letter of Pope Gregory the Great (Register 1.9) of 590, to Petrus, sub-deacon and papal agent in Sicily, mentions the abbot of a monastery of *Theodore (soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480) in Palermo (Sicily). Written in Latin in Rome.

Pope Gregory the Great, Register of Letters 1.9


Extract from the opening of the letter:

GREGORIVS PETRO SVBDIACONO
Gregorius servus Dei, presbyter et abbas monasterii sancti Theodori, in Sicilia prouincia Panormitano territorio constituti, insinuauit nobis eo quod homines fundi Fulloniaci, iuris sanctae ecclesiae Romanae, fines fundi Gerdinnae, collimitantis eidem praefato fundo sanctae ecclesiae, quos quieto iure per innumeros annos possederunt uelle peruadere.

'Gregory to Sub-deacon Peter,
Gregory, a servant of God, priest and abbot of the monastery of Saint Theodore, established in the province of Sicily in the territory of Palermo, has recommended to us that people of the estate of Fulloniacum, members of the Holy Church of Rome, want to occupy the lands of the estate of Gerdinna, which shares a boundary with the aforesaid estate of the Holy Church of Rome, and which they [the monks of St. Theodore] have possessed without legal trouble for countless years.'


Text: Norberg 1982, vol. 1, 11. Translation: Martyn 2004, vol. 1, 127, lightly modified.