To John, Bishop of Orvieto, on the Monastery of Saint George

Gregory to John, and so on. [a]

Agapitus, abbot of the monastery of Saint George, tells us that he suffers many grievances from your holiness. And this is not only in things that might be of service to the monastery in time of need; he says that you even forbid the celebration of masses in that monastery, and also forbid the burial of the dead there. Now, if this is so, we urge you to stop such inhumanity, and to allow the dead to be buried and masses to be celebrated there without any further opposition, so that the venerable Agapitus we have named may not be forced to complain again about these matters.