Sinceris, the bearer of this letter, has noted that his father-in-law, Hilary, died totally destitute, and that his wife, the daughter of Hilary, did not involve herself at all in any part of his estate, and complains that she is being pressed by his creditors to pay her father's debt.
For that reason, your Fraternity should inquire carefully, and if what she says is based on the truth, you should be keen to bestow them your priestly advice, and not allow them to be annoyed unreasonably, or suffer any loss. For it is extremely hard that she should suffer an expense unjustly because of something from which she expected to derive no profit.
For that reason, your Fraternity should inquire carefully, and if what she says is based on the truth, you should be keen to bestow them your priestly advice, and not allow them to be annoyed unreasonably, or suffer any loss. For it is extremely hard that she should suffer an expense unjustly because of something from which she expected to derive no profit.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 428
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