Quote from Letter 6,11 to Fortunatus, bishop of Naples. September 595
(Therefore,) your Fraternity ought tot watch over the monasteries of your city and parishes and all your subordinates with diligent pastoral care, and be totally concerned about their way of life and activity, in order that, just as we are known to be preserving these privileged for you, even so you also might show your vigilance in all things wisely, as is fitting, so that you can in no way be found guilty of neglect.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 409
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