Quote from Letter 9.138 to Bona, abbess. April 599
And so, we have learnt that John, a deceased priest of the holy Roman Church that we serve, constructed with God's authority an oratory in a house owned by him and situated in this city of Rome, besides the baths of Agrippa, and he left some income there under the title of a legacy. He also established a community of monks in this oratory, and committed a page of his will to our predecessor of holy memory, Pelagius, to ensure that all of these things might be implemented. But prevented by his death, he did not manage to implement this, and agents of our Church are keeping the house itself with its garden (...). (W)ith the support of God we decided to dedicate the place itself solemn, and since your convent, where you were before, was agreed to be at risk of collapsing, we have decided to establish you there with your community, so that your community should inhabit the convent in the house mentioned above, in accordance with the wishes of the deceased, while serving our Lord and Redeemer, and you might avoid the threat of danger.
And so, we have learnt that John, a deceased priest of the holy Roman Church that we serve, constructed with God's authority an oratory in a house owned by him and situated in this city of Rome, besides the baths of Agrippa, and he left some income there under the title of a legacy. He also established a community of monks in this oratory, and committed a page of his will to our predecessor of holy memory, Pelagius, to ensure that all of these things might be implemented. But prevented by his death, he did not manage to implement this, and agents of our Church are keeping the house itself with its garden (...). (W)ith the support of God we decided to dedicate the place itself solemn, and since your convent, where you were before, was agreed to be at risk of collapsing, we have decided to establish you there with your community, so that your community should inhabit the convent in the house mentioned above, in accordance with the wishes of the deceased, while serving our Lord and Redeemer, and you might avoid the threat of danger.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 624.
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