Quote from Letter 5,54 to the nobles of Syracuse. July 595
But because Agatho has been chosen by the clergy and preople of the church of Syracuse, and another person has been chosen by some others, it is necessary for the one who has been chosen by the clergy and people to come to us in the meantime, so that with both of them established in competition, the one who seems to be more useful and pleases God should be consecrated as bishop. For to us it is desirable to consecrate just such bishop there, with the grace of Christ, who with God's assistance should continue to imitate in all things the goodness of the aforesaid bishop, to whose activities you bear witness.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 385
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