Quote from Letter 8.8 to Vitalian, bishop of Siponto. November 597
If you knew how to be a guardian of religious clothing, or to be a bishop, the daughter of Tullianus, a general of glorious memory, would not have been allowed to throw away het religious vestments and revert to secular dress, with you in charge there, nor would you have allowed her to send such a perverse letter to us.
But because you are overcome by excessive idleness and inactivity, the illegal act has been committed without being punished yet, to your disgrace.
If you knew how to be a guardian of religious clothing, or to be a bishop, the daughter of Tullianus, a general of glorious memory, would not have been allowed to throw away het religious vestments and revert to secular dress, with you in charge there, nor would you have allowed her to send such a perverse letter to us.
But because you are overcome by excessive idleness and inactivity, the illegal act has been committed without being punished yet, to your disgrace.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 506
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