E06419: A letter of Pope Gregory the Great (Register 11.19) of 601, to Pascasius, bishop of Naples, asks that he obtain relics of *Severinus (hermit and monk of Noricum, S00848) for a man dedicating an oratory to the saint, presumably in the diocese of Naples (southern Italy). Written in Latin in Rome.

Pope Gregory the Great, Register of Letters 11.19


Extract from the opening of the letter:

Iohannes seruus et actor domni Venanti sanctuaria beati Seuerini confessoris oblata petitione suprascripto domno suo postulat debere concedi, quatenus in eius nomine oratorium propriis constructum sumptibus possit sollemniter consecrari.

‘John, servant and agent of Lord Venantius, has presented a petition asking that relics of Saint Severinus the martyr should be granted to his aforesaid Lordship, so that an oratory in his name might be solemnly consecrated, built at his own expense.’


Text: Norberg 1982, vol. 2, 889. Translation: Martyn 2004, vol. 3, 754, modified.