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E06429: A letter of Pope Gregory the Great (Register 13.10) of 602, to its abbess Talasia, grants privileges to a monastery dedicated to *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) in Autun (central Gaul). Written in Latin in Rome.
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posted on 11.09.2018, 00:00 by francesPope Gregory the Great, Register of Letters 13.10
Extract from a long letter granting the monastery protection and privileges:
Proinde iuxta scripta filiorum nostrorum praecellentissimorum regum Brunigildis ac nepotis ipsius Theoderici monasterio sanctae Mariae, ubi ancillarum dei est congregatio constituta, in urbe Augustodonensi a reuerendae memoriae Syagrio episcopo condito, cui praeesse dinosceris, huiusmodi priuilegia praesentis auctoritatis nostrae decreto indulgemus.
‘And so, in accordance with the letters of our children, those most excellent of rulers, Brunhild and her grandson, Theuderic, by the decree of our authority in this letter we grant privileges of this sort to the monastery of Saint Mary, where a community of nuns has been established, founded in the city of Autun by Bishop Syagrius, of reverend memory, and by our aforesaid most excellent daughter and queen [Brunhild], over which you are known to preside.’
Text: Norberg 1982, vol. 2, 1007. Translation: Martyn 2004, vol. 3, 717, lightly adapted.
Extract from a long letter granting the monastery protection and privileges:
Proinde iuxta scripta filiorum nostrorum praecellentissimorum regum Brunigildis ac nepotis ipsius Theoderici monasterio sanctae Mariae, ubi ancillarum dei est congregatio constituta, in urbe Augustodonensi a reuerendae memoriae Syagrio episcopo condito, cui praeesse dinosceris, huiusmodi priuilegia praesentis auctoritatis nostrae decreto indulgemus.
‘And so, in accordance with the letters of our children, those most excellent of rulers, Brunhild and her grandson, Theuderic, by the decree of our authority in this letter we grant privileges of this sort to the monastery of Saint Mary, where a community of nuns has been established, founded in the city of Autun by Bishop Syagrius, of reverend memory, and by our aforesaid most excellent daughter and queen [Brunhild], over which you are known to preside.’
Text: Norberg 1982, vol. 2, 1007. Translation: Martyn 2004, vol. 3, 717, lightly adapted.