To Adrian, Notary of Sicily, on the Monks of Saint Vitus

Gregory to Adrian, and so on. Something we find utterly detestable and shameful has come to our ears, and if it is true, we wonder why you have taken no notice of it. Martianus, a monk of the monastery of Saint Vitus on Mount Etna, has come to us and presented a petition. Among other things he complains that the monks of this monastery live so perversely and wickedly that they dare to have women living with them, a thing dreadful even to speak of. We have written on this matter to our brother and fellow bishop Leo, so that once he has found out the truth, he may take pains, if he finds it to be so, to correct it with the strictest severity. So it is necessary for your experience as well to show yourself concerned in every way to investigate the truth and to punish so great a wickedness, so that nothing may be found to have been done carelessly or negligently. Further, as to the other interests of this same monastery, give your help as far as fairness requires, so that if, as is said, there has been any encroachment on it, this may be put right according to justice, and nothing harmful may arise there in the future against the fear of God and the order of law. [b]