Quote from Letter 9.183 to John bishop of Syracuse. July 599
(L)et your Fraternity support him in a reasonable way, and be keen to act before our aforesaid most glorious son [the Lord Leontinus] with your usual affection, so that you so not let him suffer in any way at all, contrary to law of reason, Rather, see that his rights are protected in all things, as befits his Christianity, so that, as your reward, you may seem to have successfully preserved what the rule of law demands, and he may not feel that he is suffering anything contrary to our promise.
(L)et your Fraternity support him in a reasonable way, and be keen to act before our aforesaid most glorious son [the Lord Leontinus] with your usual affection, so that you so not let him suffer in any way at all, contrary to law of reason, Rather, see that his rights are protected in all things, as befits his Christianity, so that, as your reward, you may seem to have successfully preserved what the rule of law demands, and he may not feel that he is suffering anything contrary to our promise.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, p. 656.
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