Quote from Letter 9.181 to Benedatus, bishop of Tyndari. July 599
Januaria, a nun, has reported to us, while notifying us of the claim included below, that she has founded an oratory in the Furian estate, to show her devotion, and it remains under her charge. She wants it to be consecrated in honor of the Saints Severinus the confessor and Juliana the martyr.
And for that reason, dearest brother, if the building mentioned is under the jurisdiction of your parish, and it is certain that no human body had been buried there, you will solemnly consecrate the aforesaid oratory with public masses.
Januaria, a nun, has reported to us, while notifying us of the claim included below, that she has founded an oratory in the Furian estate, to show her devotion, and it remains under her charge. She wants it to be consecrated in honor of the Saints Severinus the confessor and Juliana the martyr.
And for that reason, dearest brother, if the building mentioned is under the jurisdiction of your parish, and it is certain that no human body had been buried there, you will solemnly consecrate the aforesaid oratory with public masses.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, p. 656.
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