E06341: A letter of Pope Gregory the Great (Register 3.20) of 593, to Gratiosus, bishop of Mentana in the Sabina (central Italy), mentions a church dedicated to *Anthimus (martyr of the via Salaria and of Osimo, S01226) in Cures of the Sabina. Written in Latin in Rome.

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Pope Gregory the Great, Register of Letters 3.20

Extract from a letter dealing with the care of churches in districts affected by depopulation:

Ideo que fraternitati tuae curam gubernationem que sancti Anthemi ecclesiae, Curium Sabinorum territorio constitutae, praeuidimus committendam.

‘We have therefore provided that the care and control of the church of Saint Anthemus (established in the territory of Cures in the Sabina) should be entrusted to your fraternity.’

Text: Norberg 1982, vol. 1, 166. Translation: Martyn 2004, vol. 1, 249.

History

Evidence ID

E06341

Saint Name

Anthimus, priest, and Companions, martyrs of the via Salaria NE of Rome and of Auximum (Osimo) in central Italy : S01226

Saint Name in Source

Anthemus

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Type of Evidence

Literary - Letters

Language

Latin

Evidence not before

593

Evidence not after

593

Activity not before

593

Activity not after

593

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 - independent (church)

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).

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