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.

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.