Quote from Letter 9.137 to Anthem, sup-deacon of Campania. April 599
Whenever some things worthy of consideration are allowed, for the sake of providing sustenance for those who deserve it, they both delight God and without doubt enrich the giver as well.
For that reason, we order your Experience with this authority not to put off giving twelve gold coins to the scholastic, Matheus, a most distinguished gentlemen.
Whenever some things worthy of consideration are allowed, for the sake of providing sustenance for those who deserve it, they both delight God and without doubt enrich the giver as well.
For that reason, we order your Experience with this authority not to put off giving twelve gold coins to the scholastic, Matheus, a most distinguished gentlemen.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 624.
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