E06372: A letter of Pope Gregory the Great (Register 6.65) of 596 addresses Athanasius, priest of a monastery dedicated to *Miles (bishop and martyr in Persia, ob. c. 340, S00919) in Lycaonia (central Asia Minor), absolving him of a charge of heresy. Written in Latin in Rome.

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Pope Gregory the Great, Register of Letters 6.65

Extract from the opening of the letter:

Atque ideo dum tibi Athanasio presbytero monasterii sancti Mile, cui est uocabulum Tannaco, quod in Lycaonia est prouincia constitutum, contraria integrae fidei fuisset orta suspicio.

‘And on this, a suspicion of unsound faith arose against you, Athanasius, priest of the monastery of Saint Mile, called Tannacus, which is established in the province of Lycaonia.’

Text: Norberg 1982, vol. 1, 440-1. Translation: Martyn 2004, vol. 2, 449, lightly modified.

History

Evidence ID

E06372

Saint Name

Miles, bishop and martyr in Persia, ob. c. 340 : S00919

Saint Name in Source

Miles

Related Saint Records

https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Miles_bishop_and_martyr_in_Persia_ob_c_340/13731520

Type of Evidence

Literary - Letters

Language

Latin

Evidence not before

596

Evidence not after

596

Activity not before

596

Activity not after

596

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 - monastic

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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