It has come to our attention that some people there, terrible to relate, are worshipping trees and perpetrating many other illegal acts, contrary to Christian faith. We are amazed why your Fraternity has put off correcting this with strict punishment.
For that reason, we encourage you with this present letter to enquire into these with a very careful investigation, and when you find out the truth, have just such punishment inflicted on them, as could both please God and make their penalty provide an example of the punishment for others.
But we have written also to Maurus, a very famous count, saying tat he should give your Fraternity support over this matter, as long as you could not find any excuse to arrest them.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 516
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