Quote from Letter 6,30 to Leo, bishop of Catana. April 596
For we have found that Samaritans living in Catana purchased pagan slaves, and rashly and audaciously presumed to circumcise them. For that reason it is necessary that in this case you exercise priestly zeal in every way, and are keen to examine it with all vigor and concern. And if you find it to be so, claim the slaves themselves for freedom in every way, without any delay, and provide them with the protection of the Church, not allowing their masters to receive anything towards their cost in any way.
For we have found that Samaritans living in Catana purchased pagan slaves, and rashly and audaciously presumed to circumcise them. For that reason it is necessary that in this case you exercise priestly zeal in every way, and are keen to examine it with all vigor and concern. And if you find it to be so, claim the slaves themselves for freedom in every way, without any delay, and provide them with the protection of the Church, not allowing their masters to receive anything towards their cost in any way.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 424
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