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 3
1To Peter, Subdeacon of Campania, on the Attack at the Lucullan Fort2To Bishop Paulus, on the Wrong Done to Him3To John the Abbot4To Peter, Subdeacon of Campania, on Behalf of a Widow5To John, Bishop of Prima Justiniana6To John, Bishop of Larissa7To Natalis, Archbishop of Salona8To Antoninus the Subdeacon, on Bishop Florentius9To Savinus the Subdeacon10To Maximianus, Bishop of Syracuse11To Scholasticus, Judge of Campania12To Antoninus the Subdeacon, on the Death of Natalis13To the Presbyters and Clergy of Milan14To John the Subdeacon, on the Election at Milan15To Romanus, Patrician and Exarch of Italy16To Honoratus, Archdeacon of Salona17To Dynamius, Patrician of Gaul18To Peter, Subdeacon of Campania, on the Election at Naples19To Sabinus, Defensor of Sardinia, on Cases to Be Heard at Rome20To Libertinus the Prefect, Against the Jew Nasas21To Andrew, Bishop of Taranto, on the Charges Against Him22To John, Bishop of Gallipoli, on Bishop Andrew23To the Clergy of Salona, on the Election of Honoratus24To Columbus, Bishop in Numidia, on Ordinations and the Council25To Adeodatus, Primate of Numidia, on Ordinations and the Council26To Maximianus, Bishop of Syracuse, Asking for Stories of Miracles27To John, Bishop of Constantinople, on the Beaten Presbyter28To John, Bishop of Ravenna, on the Pallium and the Napkins29From John, Bishop of Ravenna, to Pope Gregory30To Secundinus, Bishop of Taormina, on a Monastery’s Baptistery31To Italica the Patrician, on the Causes of the Poor32To the Emperor Maurice, on Soldiers Becoming Monks33To Theodore the Physician, on the Same Law34To Domitian, Metropolitan of Armenia