Quote from Letter 5,51 to Andrew, a scholastic. June 595
(W)ith a common and concordant voice and assent they repeatedly sought our venerable brother and priest, Marinianus, as they had learnt that he had lived with me for a long time in a monastery.
He tried to escape the office, but they were finally able to persuade him in various ways, although with difficulty, to give his consent to their request.
And we were al acquainted with his way of life and had found him diligent in winning souls, so we did not delay at all in having him consecrated. Let your Glory therefore receive him as is fitting, and offer the help of your comfort as he begins his office. For it is extremely onerous for anyone to be new, as you well know, in any sort of office. But I have great confidence that almighty God, who has thought him worthy to be in charge of his flock, will both encourage him to take of his inner life and strengthen him with the piety of his grace to look after external matters. But this new office will certainly be troublesome, as we said before, after this long period of peace and quiet.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 376
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