[Concerning the abbot Claudius.] Receive him with priestly affection, devote paternal love to him and to his monasteries, as is fitting, refresh him with the consolation of your kindness, accommodate yourself earnestly to being his tutor, allow him to have time for quiet and for the benefit of his brethren, made free from all disturbance by the benefit of your assistance, and love to him as you know he is loved by us, so that he may recognize the affections of your Charity, that he experienced in the past, multiplied or himself and may rejoice that he has found us again in you.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 515
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