Quote from Letter 5,28 to Cyprian, deacon. March 595
Benenatus, our brother and fellow-bishop, alleges that a certain monk, Cicerio, [...] was a servant of his under Church law, and asks for him to be restored to him together with his goods.
And so, it is necessary that your Beloved should inquire into this earnestly, and if it is established to be truly so, restore the aforesaid Cicerio with his goods [...] to the ownership of the Church of Misenum, without any delay. This, after a culpable lapse has removed him from the monastic way of life, he may now recognize the yoke of mastership, which he could have avoided as a permanent monk.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, translated by John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMPS, 2004), II, 342.
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