[Maximus] came from Dalmatia into the city of Ravenna, to the most blessed Archbishop Marinianus, and threw himself at full length on to the font-stones among the citizens, sayings: ' I have sinned against God and against the most blessed Pope Gregory.'
When he had carried out his penitence for three hours, the exarch Callinicus, and the notary of the Roman Church, Castor, together with the archbishop, Marinianus, ran up to him, and when raised up, he began to carry out a fuller penitence in their presence. And he led them to the sacred body of Saint Apollinaris, and swore that he had not been involved in all the charges brought against him, about women and about a simoniacal schism.
Then our notary, Castor, returned to Rome, bringing with him the deacon of the same Maximus, called Stephen. When everything had been related which had been done satisfactorily by Maximus, then the most blessed Pope Gregory was moved to pity, and sent a pallium, for the confirmation of the same bishop.
When he had carried out his penitence for three hours, the exarch Callinicus, and the notary of the Roman Church, Castor, together with the archbishop, Marinianus, ran up to him, and when raised up, he began to carry out a fuller penitence in their presence. And he led them to the sacred body of Saint Apollinaris, and swore that he had not been involved in all the charges brought against him, about women and about a simoniacal schism.
Then our notary, Castor, returned to Rome, bringing with him the deacon of the same Maximus, called Stephen. When everything had been related which had been done satisfactorily by Maximus, then the most blessed Pope Gregory was moved to pity, and sent a pallium, for the confirmation of the same bishop.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 531
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