Quote from Letter 9.165 to Romans, defender. June 599
And first, indeed, it in the conditions of the will [of Rustica, made about 21 years earlier] an heir is named and our Church might have a plea thereby, we want you to investigate it and to get a clear picture of the facts, and to see to the benefit due to the poor, as the order demands. I want you then to see to the setting up of that monastery [provided for in the will], to the restoration of the estate left by her, so that the pious will of the testatrix my be fulfilled either way, and those who have kept this property unjustly may learn the guilt of their unlawful retention, losing their property as justice demands.
And so we want you to look into this case mos energetically and to bring it to a conclusion with the Lord's help, so that the pious devotion of the testatrix may finally achieve its aim.
And first, indeed, it in the conditions of the will [of Rustica, made about 21 years earlier] an heir is named and our Church might have a plea thereby, we want you to investigate it and to get a clear picture of the facts, and to see to the benefit due to the poor, as the order demands. I want you then to see to the setting up of that monastery [provided for in the will], to the restoration of the estate left by her, so that the pious will of the testatrix my be fulfilled either way, and those who have kept this property unjustly may learn the guilt of their unlawful retention, losing their property as justice demands.
And so we want you to look into this case mos energetically and to bring it to a conclusion with the Lord's help, so that the pious devotion of the testatrix may finally achieve its aim.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 647.
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