Quote from Letter 5,30 to Maurice, Augustus. 12 March 595
Some nuns have come to this city from various provinces, fleeing after being captured, and several of them were placed in monasteries, as far as the possibilities of the places allowed, but those among them who could not be housed at all, are living singularly destitute lives of poverty. Because of this, it has been decided that what could be spared from the blind and maimed and other invalids, ought to be paid to them, provided that not only indigent locals but also strangers arriving here should receive the mercy of your Lordship. It has thus been brought about that they all pray together in concord for the life of their Lordship, that almighty God might grant you a long and peaceful life and allow the most fortunate offspring of your Piety to flourish for a long time in the Roman republic.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, translated by John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMPS, 2004), II, 342
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