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 9
1To Januarius, Bishop of Cagliari, on Plowing on the Lord’s Day2To Vitalis, Defensor of Sardinia, on Januarius’s Advisers and the Wheat3To Januarius, Bishop of Cagliari, on Charging for Burials4To Januarius, Bishop of Cagliari, on the Enemy’s Raid and the Peace with Agilulf5To Marcellus, Proconsul of Dalmatia, on His Part in the Affair of Maximus6To Januarius, Bishop of Cagliari, on the Synagogue Seized by a Convert7To Januarius, Bishop of Cagliari, on the Will of the Abbess Sirica8To the Bishops of Sardinia, on Obedience to Their Metropolitan9To Callinicus, Exarch of Italy, on the Schismatics of Capritana10To Marinianus, Bishop of Ravenna, on Capritana and the Case of Maximus11To Queen Brunhild, on the Pallium for Syagrius12To John, Bishop of Syracuse, on the Customs of the Roman Mass13To Demetrian and Valerian, Clerics of Fermo, on Their Ransom14To Romanus the Defensor, on His Charge of the Patrimony near Syracuse15To the Tenant Farmers of the Syracusan Patrimony16To John, Bishop of Syracuse, on the Complaints of Leontius17To Romanus the Defensor, on Rustica’s Will and a Monastery in Sicily18To Romanus the Defensor, on Returning a House to the Orphan Calixenus19To Romanus the Defensor, on Not Shielding the Guilty20To Andrew, on His Recovery from Sickness21To Fortunatus, Bishop of Naples, on Christian Slaves Bought by Jews22To Julianus the Scribo, on the Case of Maximus23To Agilulf, King of the Lombards, on the Peace24To Theodelinda, Queen of the Lombards, on Her Work for Peace25To Anastasius, Bishop of Antioch, on the Faith and the Council of Ephesus26To Fantinus, Defensor of Palermo, on the Synagogues Seized by Bishop Victor27To Martin the Scholasticus, on the Case of Crementius28To John, Bishop of Syracuse, on Martin and the Primate of Byzacena29To Romanus and the Other Defensors, on Bishops Living with Women30From Reccared, King of the Goths, to Gregory31To Romanus the Defensor, on Men Who Falsely Call Themselves Defensors32To Januarius, Bishop of Cagliari, on Unruly Clergy, a Widow’s Bequest and Idol Worship33To Constantius, Bishop of Milan, on the Trial of Maximus at Ravenna34To Eusebius of Thessalonica and Other Bishops, on the Title of Universal Bishop35To Eulogius, Patriarch of Alexandria, on a Matter Left Unwritten and the Timber36To Marinianus, Bishop of Ravenna, on the Terms for Maximus37To Castorius the Notary, on Reconciling Maximus38To Maximus, Bishop of Salona, on His Restoration to Communion39To Anatolius, Deacon at Constantinople, Commending Marcellinus40To Fortunatus, Bishop of Naples, on the Monk Barbatianus41To Gulfaris, Master of the Soldiers, on Winning Back the Schismatics of Istria42To Romanus the Defensor, on an Istrian Bishop Living in Sicily43To Theodore, Curator of Ravenna, on the Lombard Peace44To Serenus, Bishop of Marseilles, on the Images He Broke45To Syagrius, Aetherius, Virgilius and Desiderius, Bishops of Gaul, on Simony and a Synod46To Aregius, Bishop of Gap, on Grief for His People and the Dalmatics47To Syagrius, Bishop of Autun, on the Gift of the Pallium48To Queen Brunhild, on Simony and Christian Slaves Held by Jews49To Kings Theodoric and Theodebert, on Simony and Christian Slaves Held by Jews50To Virgilius, Bishop of Arles, on the Privileges of King Childebert’s Monastery51To the Bishops Virgilius and Syagrius, on Syagria, Married by Force52To Syagrius, Bishop of Autun, on the Wrongs Done to Ursicinus of Turin53To Kings Theodoric and Theodebert, on Ursicinus of Turin54To Queen Brunhild, Commending Hilarius55To Claudius in Spain, Commending the Abbot Cyriacus56To Leander, Bishop of Seville, on the Weight of Office and the Pallium57To King Reccared, on the Conversion of the Goths58To Venantius and Italica, on Sickness and the Nearness of the End59To Maximus, Bishop of Salona, Sending the Pallium60From Saint Columbanus to Pope Gregory, on the Date of Easter