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E06337: A letter of Pope Gregory the Great (Register 2.50) of 592, to the sub-deacon Peter in Sicily, orders that money be paid to a holy man living in an oratory dedicated to *Agnes (virgin and martyr of Rome, S00097) near Palermo (Sicily). Written in Latin in Rome.

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posted on 2018-09-11, 00:00 authored by frances

Pope Gregory the Great, Register of Letters 2.50

A short extract from the end of a long letter dealing with affairs in Sicily:

Anastasius enim religiosus iuxta Panormitana ciuitate dicitur habitare in oratorio sanctae Agnae, cui dari uolumus auri solidos sex.

‘Anastasius, a religious man, is said to be living in the oratory of Saint Agnes near the city of Palermo, and we want six gold coins to be given to him.’

Text: Norberg 1982, vol. 1, 145. Translation: Martyn 2004, vol. 1, 233-4.

History

Evidence ID

E06337

Saint Name

Agnes, virgin and martyr of Rome : S00097

Saint Name in Source

Agnes

Related Saint Records

https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Agnes_virgin_and_martyr_of_Rome/13729375

Type of Evidence

Literary - Letters

Language

Latin

Evidence not before

592

Evidence not after

592

Activity not before

592

Activity not after

592

Place of Evidence - Region

Rome and region

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Rome

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 - dependent (chapel, baptistery, etc.)

Cult Activities - Protagonists in Cult and Narratives

Ecclesiastics - monks/nuns/hermits

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). Further Reading: Neil, B., and Dal Santo, M. (eds.), A Companion to Gregory the Great (Leiden: Brill, 2013).