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E06344: A letter of Pope Gregory the Great (Register 3.37) of 593, to Libertinus, praetor of Sicily, seeks the punishment of a Jew who has set up an altar to *Helias/Elijah (Old Testament prophet, S00239), and tricked many Christians into praying there. Written in Latin in Rome.
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posted on 2018-09-11, 00:00 authored by francesPope Gregory the Great, Register of Letters 3.37
Extract from the letter:
Ab ipso administrationis exordio deus uos in causae suae uoluit uindicta procedere et hanc uobis mercedem propitius cum laude seruauit. Fertur siquidem quod Nasas, quidam sceleratissimus Iudaeorum, sub nomine beati Heliae altare punienda temeritate construxerit multosque illic Christianorum ad adorandum sacrilega seductione deceperit.
‘From the very beginning of your administration, God has wanted you to proceed in the defence of his cause, and has graciously reserved this reward for you with his praise. For indeed it is said that Nasas, one of the most wicked of the Jews, has built an altar in the name of Saint Helias, with a temerity that must be punished, and has tricked many Christians there into prayer by means of a sacrilegious seduction.’
Gregory continues by insisting that Libertinus inflict corporal punishment on Nasas.
Text: Norberg 1982, vol. 1, 182-3. Translation: Martyn 2004, vol. 1, 260.
Extract from the letter:
Ab ipso administrationis exordio deus uos in causae suae uoluit uindicta procedere et hanc uobis mercedem propitius cum laude seruauit. Fertur siquidem quod Nasas, quidam sceleratissimus Iudaeorum, sub nomine beati Heliae altare punienda temeritate construxerit multosque illic Christianorum ad adorandum sacrilega seductione deceperit.
‘From the very beginning of your administration, God has wanted you to proceed in the defence of his cause, and has graciously reserved this reward for you with his praise. For indeed it is said that Nasas, one of the most wicked of the Jews, has built an altar in the name of Saint Helias, with a temerity that must be punished, and has tricked many Christians there into prayer by means of a sacrilegious seduction.’
Gregory continues by insisting that Libertinus inflict corporal punishment on Nasas.
Text: Norberg 1982, vol. 1, 182-3. Translation: Martyn 2004, vol. 1, 260.