Letter 2,29 - to the praetor Justin, about protecting bishop Leo. july 592.
"The envy of the ancient enemy has this special quality. Those whom it cannot trick into the perpetration of evil acts, because God resists it, it destroys their reputations for the present by pretending false things.
Since therefore a wicked rumor has spread concerning out brother and fellow-bishop Leo, certain things contrary to the priestly way of life, we set up an inquiry with a long and strict examination to see whether they were true, and we found no fault in him concerning what had been said about him.
But so that nothing might appear to have been omitted, and so that no doubt remain in our heart, we made him swear many a solemn oath before the most holy body of Saint Peter.
After the performance of this, we rejoiced with great exultation, because in this way his innocence shone out most clearly."
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), I: 210.
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