Quote from Letter 6,13 to Cyprian, deacon and rector of Sicily. September 595
Finding Decius, a public priest, they [the clergy of the church at Lilybaeum] entreated him with their prayers to be consecrated [bishop] for them, and we have thought it necessary to implement their request.
And for that reason, your Beloved should not fail to give him comfort in all ways, so that, because Theodore, the one-time bishop of the same church, abandoned it, Decius, aided by your total support, yet without acting illegally, might enjoy greater freedom from disturbing cases, in his praises of God.
Finding Decius, a public priest, they [the clergy of the church at Lilybaeum] entreated him with their prayers to be consecrated [bishop] for them, and we have thought it necessary to implement their request.
And for that reason, your Beloved should not fail to give him comfort in all ways, so that, because Theodore, the one-time bishop of the same church, abandoned it, Decius, aided by your total support, yet without acting illegally, might enjoy greater freedom from disturbing cases, in his praises of God.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 411
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