Letter 1,63 - to Sub-deacon Anthelm. July 591.
"And since we have been informed that some time ago the house of Petronius, a secretary of the holy Roman Church, over which we preside with God's authority, was claimed unreasonably by Constantius, a defender of that time, so we demand you Experience, by this letter's order, to avoid any excuse or delay and to lay aside the title, without delay restoring the same house to the bearer of this letter, Theodora, widow of the aforesaid Petronius, in case disadvantage should arise for widows (God forbid!), from where they ought to find the comfort of consolation."
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), I: 181.
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