Quote from Letter 9.140 to clergy and people of Rimini. May 599
And so, we exhort all of you to remove argument and with common consent to choose such a man to be put in charge of you, with the Lord's help, who would not be rejected in any way by the venerable canons, and could be found worthy of such a great ministry.
And when he has been asked for, let him come to us to be consecrated, with the solemnity of a decree corroborated by all of your signatures, and with a page from the visitor to follow, so that your church can have its own priest, with the Lord's disposition.
But we want you to take the priest whom you have chosen with unanimity to our brother and fellow-bishop, Marinianus, in Ravenna, without delay.
And so, we exhort all of you to remove argument and with common consent to choose such a man to be put in charge of you, with the Lord's help, who would not be rejected in any way by the venerable canons, and could be found worthy of such a great ministry.
And when he has been asked for, let him come to us to be consecrated, with the solemnity of a decree corroborated by all of your signatures, and with a page from the visitor to follow, so that your church can have its own priest, with the Lord's disposition.
But we want you to take the priest whom you have chosen with unanimity to our brother and fellow-bishop, Marinianus, in Ravenna, without delay.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 626.
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