Quote from Letter 6,27 to Candidus, bishop of the city of Orvieto. March 596
(W)e give you through the letter herewith the freedom to remove monks from monasteries located in your parish, as long as their abbot consents, and to ordain them as priests. But be concerned above all about inquiring very carefully into the way of life and deeds of those who are to be established in this office, and then, if they are worthy, ordain them.
(W)e give you through the letter herewith the freedom to remove monks from monasteries located in your parish, as long as their abbot consents, and to ordain them as priests. But be concerned above all about inquiring very carefully into the way of life and deeds of those who are to be established in this office, and then, if they are worthy, ordain them.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 422
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