E06413: A letter of Pope Gregory the Great (Register 10.18) of 600, to Adeodatus, an abbot of Naples, deals with the union of two monasteries, one of them dedicated to *Sebastianus (martyr of Rome, S00400) in Naples (southern Italy). Written in Latin in Rome.

Pope Gregory the Great, Register of Letters 10.18


Extract from the opening of the letter:

Quorundam monachorum eiusdem monasterii ad nos relatione peruenit monachos monasterii Graterensis, quod situm in Plaia est, monasterio sancti Sebastiani, quod Neapolim in domo quondam Romani constructum est, ubi Deo miserante, sicut dictum est, abbatis geris officium, se monasteriumque suum uniri magnopere poposcisse, adeo ut cartas omnes eiusdem monasterii tuo monasterio, ut dicitur, tradidissent.


‘It has come to our attention through a report of certain monks of the same monastery, that monks of the monastery of Crateras, situated in Chiaia, have strongly demanded that they and their monastery should be united with the monastery of Saint Sebastianus. It has been said that it was constructed in the house of the late Romanus in Naples, and by God’s compassion you hold the office of abbot there. They want this so much that they have apparently handed over all that monastery's documents to your monastery.’


Text: Norberg 1982, vol. 2, 846. Translation: Martyn 2004, vol. 3, 728.