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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Letters, Book 6
1To Marinianus, Bishop of Ravenna, on His Predecessor’s Will2To the Clergy and People of Ravenna, on Marinianus’s Faith3To Maximus of Salona, a Summons to Rome4To Queen Brunhild, Commending the Presbyter Candidus5To King Childebert, Commending Candidus and Sending Saint Peter’s Keys6To Candidus the Presbyter, on Buying English Boys for the Monasteries7To the Bishops of Epirus, on Andrew of Nicopolis and the Sale of Orders8To Donus, Bishop of Messina, Granting the Pallium9To Montana and Thomas, Setting Them Free10To Count Narses, on the Book Against the Presbyter Athanasius11To John, Bishop of Constantinople, Clearing the Presbyter John of Heresy12To the Emperor Maurice, on Behalf of the Presbyter John of Chalcedon13To Theotistus, the Emperor’s Kinsman, on Behalf of the Presbyter John14To John, Bishop of Syracuse, Granting the Pallium15To Peter, Bishop of Aleria, on Dedicating a Church in Corsica16To Marinianus, Bishop of Ravenna, on the Case of the Abbot Claudius17To Maximus of Salona, a Second Summons and a Ban on Saying Mass18To the Clergy and Nobles of Salona, on Maximus19To the Clergy and People of Jadera, on Communion with Maximus20To Marinianus, Bishop of Ravenna, on His Predecessor’s Monastery21To Secundus at Ravenna, on the Peace and on Marinianus22To Fortunatus, Bishop of Naples, on Slaves of Jews Who Wish to Become Christians23To Castorius the Notary, on the Pallium in the Litanies of Ravenna24To Anthemius the Subdeacon, on Ransoming the Captives of Campania25To Columbus, Bishop in Numidia, on the Bishop Peter and Donatist Baptism26To Venantius the Patrician, on His Quarrel with the Bishop of Syracuse27To John, Bishop of Syracuse, on Making Peace with Venantius28To Felix, Bishop of Pesaro, on John’s Monastery29To Urbicus, Abbot at Palermo, on Receiving Agatho30To Palladius, Bishop of Saintes, on Relics for His Altars31To Queen Brunhild, on the Relics of Peter and Paul32To the Monks on Their Way to England33To Pelagius and Serenus, Bishops in Gaul, Commending Augustine34To Virgilius, Bishop of Arles, on Augustine and the Patrimony35To Desiderius and Syagrius, Bishops in Gaul, Commending Augustine36To Protasius, Bishop of Aix, on the Rents of the Patrimony37To Stephen the Abbot, on Guarding His Monks38To Arigius, Patrician of Gaul, Commending Augustine39To Kings Theodoric and Theodebert, on the Mission to the Angles40To Queen Brunhild, on the Mission to the Angles41To Eulogius, Bishop of Alexandria, on Peter and Mark42To Castorius the Notary, on the Pallium at Ravenna43To Gennadius, Patrician of Africa, on Bishop Paul44To the Emperor Maurice, on the Donatists in Africa45To Athanasius, Presbyter of Isauria, Cleared of Heresy