As for the ten pounds of gold that your Excellency sent over for the redemption of captives, I have received it, brought by my aforesaid son [Peter]. But I ask that the heavenly grace, which allowed you to give the gold as reward for your soul, may allow me to distribute it without any contagion of sin, so that we are not stained by what you use to wipe away your sins. May almighty God, who sees your bodily weakness and pilgrimage, comfort you always with his grave, and by the life and health of my most charming son, his Lordshop Strategios, so that He may nurture him both for your sake, for a long time, and for his own sake, for eternity. May He both fill you and all of your family with present good things, and allow you to have heavenly grace.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 517
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