Quote from Letter 5,31 to the tenants of estates or farms situated in Gaul. 15 April 595.
But because the time of winter has impeded us, we have arranged for you to be commended to a glorious man and patrician, Arigius. In the meantime be ready to obey him with earnest goodwill and obedience, as is proper for servants of Saint Peter, and to implement whatever you are ordered to do for the sake of the Church's benefit.
We have decided that you should bring in customary exceptions for its benefit. But let the taxes collected honestly and with all diligence remain under the care of any of you whom you have elected with common consent. When the man we are going to send up from our side reaches you, he can receive those taxes from that person.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, translated by John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMPS, 2004), II, 344
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