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E06389: A letter of Pope Gregory the Great (Register 9.54) of 598, to Romanus, defensor of the papal patrimony in Sicily, asks him to help the abbess of a monastery of *Mary (the Mother of Christ, S00033) in Naples (southern Italy). Written in Latin in Rome.

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Pope Gregory the Great, Register of Letters 9.54

From the opening of the letter:

Quia Tecla abbatissa monasterii sanctae Mariae, quod Neapolim in domo quondam Felicis scolastici constitutum est, contra Alexandrum uirum magnificum generum ipsius de quibusdam rebus causam habere dinoscitur.

‘Thecla, abbess of the monastery of Holy Mary, founded in Naples in the home of the late scholasticus, Felix, is known to have a case about certain matters against Alexander, vir magnificus and her son-in-law.’

Text: Norberg 1982, vol. 2, 612. Translation: Martyn 2004, vol. 2, 578, modified.

History

Evidence ID

E06389

Saint Name

Mary, Mother of Christ : S00033

Saint Name in Source

Maria

Related Saint Records

https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Mary_Mother_of_Christ/13729186

Type of Evidence

Literary - Letters

Language

Latin

Evidence not before

598

Evidence not after

598

Activity not before

598

Activity not after

598

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).