Quote from Letter 5,61 to Marinianus, bishop of Ravenna. 15 August 595
(As) you have received from us the use of such an adornment [the use of the pallium] for the honor of your priestly office, as a gift of our Lord, even so you must also strive to adorn the office received by you with the probity of your morality and actions to the glory of Christ.
For indeed you will be dignified thus by alternate adornment in turn, if tthe goodness of your mind matches such a special vestment on your body.
(As) you have received from us the use of such an adornment [the use of the pallium] for the honor of your priestly office, as a gift of our Lord, even so you must also strive to adorn the office received by you with the probity of your morality and actions to the glory of Christ.
For indeed you will be dignified thus by alternate adornment in turn, if tthe goodness of your mind matches such a special vestment on your body.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 397
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