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E06394: A letter of Pope Gregory the Great (Register 9.88) of 599, to Anthelmus, subdeacon of Naples, relates to the property of a monastery dedicated to *Mark (the Evangelist, S00293) outside the walls of Spoleto (central Italy). Written in Latin in Rome.

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Pope Gregory the Great, Register of Letters 9.88

Extract from a letter dealing with a dispute between the Roman church and this monastery, over possessions in Campania:

Et ideo quoniam Stephanus abbas monasterii sancti Marci, quod constitutum iuxta muros Spolitinae ciuitatis esse dinoscitur, questus nobis est massam Veneris in prouincia Campania sitam territorio Menturnensi, quam ei beatae memoriae decessoris nostri Benedicti redditam praeceptione cognouimus, ab ecclesia nostra nunc indebite retineri.

‘And on this, Stephen, abbot of the monastery of Saint Mark, which is known to have been built beside the walls of the city of Spoleto, has complained to us that the estate of Venus, situated in the territory of Minturno in the province of Campania, which we know was given to him at the command of our predecessor of blessed memory, Benedict, is now retained by our Church without just cause.’

Text: Norberg 1982, vol. 2, 642. Translation: Martyn 2004, vol. 2, 596-7.

History

Evidence ID

E06394

Saint Name

Mark the Evangelist : S00293

Saint Name in Source

Marcus

Related Saint Records

https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Mark_the_Evangelist/13729921

Type of Evidence

Literary - Letters

Language

Latin

Evidence not before

599

Evidence not after

599

Activity not before

599

Activity not after

599

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).

Discussion

From Gregory Dialogues 3.33, which mentions the same monastery, we learn that the Saint Mark of its dedication was Mark the Evangelist.

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).