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E06393: A letter of Pope Gregory the Great (Register 9.76) of 598, to Secundinus, bishop of Taormina, mentions a monastery dedicated to *Christophorus (martyr of Pamphylia, S00616) in the diocese of Taormina (Sicily). Written in Latin in Rome.

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Pope Gregory the Great, Register of Letters 9.76

Extract from the opening of the letter:

Scripta fraternitatis uestrae suscepimus, in quibus indicastis reuerentissimum fratrem nostrum Marcianum Lucrensis ciuitatis episcopum aliter nobis de causa ecclesiae contra monasterium sancti Christophori, quod in uestra diocese est constitutum.

‘We have received your Fraternity’s letter, in which you indicated that our most reverend brother, Marcianus, bishop of the city of Locri, had given us a contradictory report about a case of the Church against the monastery of Saint Christopher, that has been built in your diocese.’

Text: Norberg 1982, vol. 2, 631. Translation: Martyn 2004, vol. 2, 589.

History

Evidence ID

E06393

Saint Name

Christophoros, martyr of Pamphylia : S00616

Saint Name in Source

Christophorus

Related Saint Records

https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Christophoros_martyr_of_Pamphylia/13730761

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

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

Construction of cult buildings

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).