And so, we greet your Glory with paternal sweetness, and ask that he [a new defender] may find the affection of your charity in all things and may possess the comfort of your favor, wherever it proves necessary. Thus, when you are present, he should not feel that we were absent.
And so, while he might profitably complete what was imposed on him, with your help, we could be in debt to you for your favors, and Saint Peter, the prince of the apostles, to whose case you devote yourself, would compensate you both here and in the future.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 565
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