Quote from Letter 9.186 to the clergy, nobles and people of Tolina. July 599
Learning that your church has long been bereft of the rule of its own bishop, we took care to delegate the task of visitor fro the same church with due solemnity to Gaudiosus, our brother and the bishop of the church of Gubbio (...). Take care before all else that you do not presume to choose a layman, whatever his way of live and merit. And that person should not only in no way be promoted to the high rank of bishop, but also know that you could not deserve to be pardoned for this, however much you protested. But if any of you have without doubt supported a layman, know that you must certainly be excluded from the holy office and from communion.
Learning that your church has long been bereft of the rule of its own bishop, we took care to delegate the task of visitor fro the same church with due solemnity to Gaudiosus, our brother and the bishop of the church of Gubbio (...). Take care before all else that you do not presume to choose a layman, whatever his way of live and merit. And that person should not only in no way be promoted to the high rank of bishop, but also know that you could not deserve to be pardoned for this, however much you protested. But if any of you have without doubt supported a layman, know that you must certainly be excluded from the holy office and from communion.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, p. 658.
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