Quote from Letter 9.34 to Leontius, ex-consul. October 598
We know that you receive a paternal letter with pleasure. And so, if we were keen to accomplish what your Glory has without doubt begun to bring about of his own accord, then we would not allow the desires of our sons to be disappointed. And for that reason, because our glorious son and general, Apollonius, the bearer of this letter, has wanted himself to be commended to our leaders over there with you, we greet your Glory with paternal love and ask that he may find the grace of your favor as is proper, and may obtain the support of your patronage whenever it mau become necessary.
We know that you receive a paternal letter with pleasure. And so, if we were keen to accomplish what your Glory has without doubt begun to bring about of his own accord, then we would not allow the desires of our sons to be disappointed. And for that reason, because our glorious son and general, Apollonius, the bearer of this letter, has wanted himself to be commended to our leaders over there with you, we greet your Glory with paternal love and ask that he may find the grace of your favor as is proper, and may obtain the support of your patronage whenever it mau become necessary.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 566
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