Gregory the Great, bishop of Rome from 590 to 604: the Book of Pastoral Rule on what a pastor is and how he should teach each kind of person, and his selected letters from the Register, from the Lombard wars and the mission to the English to the quarrel over the title Ecumenical Patriarch. Modern English from the Post-Nicene Fathers translation.
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Contents
Letters, Book 13
1To the Citizens of Rome, on the Sabbath and the Lord’s Day2To Aetherius, Bishop of Lyons, on a Bishop Who Has Lost His Reason3To Queen Brunhild, on Her Foundations at Autun and Church Affairs in Gaul4To Theodoric, King of the Franks, on His Envoys and the Peace5To Senator, Abbot of the Guesthouse at Autun6To Thalassia, Abbess of Saint Mary’s at Autun, Granting Privileges7To Lupo, Abbot of Saint Martin’s at Autun8To Paschasius, Bishop of Naples, on the Festivals of the Jews9To Six Bishops of Sicily, Commending Adrian the Chartulary10To Rusticiana the Patrician, on Her Gout and the Agent Beator11To Anthemius the Subdeacon, on the Idle Bishop Paschasius12To Anthemius the Subdeacon, on the Negligent Bishops of Campania13To the Emperor Phocas, on His Accession14To Pantaleo the Notary, on the False Grain Measure15To the Emperor Phocas, Sending a Deacon to His Court16To the Empress Leontia, on the New Reign17To Cyriacus, Patriarch of Constantinople, on the Proud Title18To Eulogius, Patriarch of Alexandria, on Simony in His Church19To Eulogius, Patriarch of Alexandria, on His Restored Sight