Quote from Letter 6,1 to Marianus, bishop of ravenna. September 595
(But) while he [John, deceised bishop of Ravenna] was still alive, he quite often asked us to confirm with our authority what he had contributed to that monastery, which he had himself constructed next to the church of Saint Appolinaris. We did primise that we would do this, and we consider it necessary that your Fraternity should be encouraged not to allow anything in any way to be taken from what he contributed and established there, but you should be keen to preserve everything with firmness and stability.
And so, because he is known to have mentioned the monastery and the goods which he contributed to it, in the will which he made, you should be aware that we confirmed that part not because we were following his last wishes, but because we promised this to him while he was alive, as we have said
(But) while he [John, deceised bishop of Ravenna] was still alive, he quite often asked us to confirm with our authority what he had contributed to that monastery, which he had himself constructed next to the church of Saint Appolinaris. We did primise that we would do this, and we consider it necessary that your Fraternity should be encouraged not to allow anything in any way to be taken from what he contributed and established there, but you should be keen to preserve everything with firmness and stability.
And so, because he is known to have mentioned the monastery and the goods which he contributed to it, in the will which he made, you should be aware that we confirmed that part not because we were following his last wishes, but because we promised this to him while he was alive, as we have said
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 402
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