Quote from Letter 9.43 to Scholasticus, defender. October 598
Alexander Frigiscus, the bearer of this letter and a farmer of our Church, has complained to us that, in the house of the church built in Catana by your beloved son and deacon, Cyprian, he has worked for a period of three years without receiving the payment he deserved.
And although it may be said that he has worked at many men's homes during this time, as you were notified while you were here, yet we bid you with this authority to examine this carefully (...).
And although it may be said that he has worked at many men's homes during this time, as you were notified while you were here, yet we bid you with this authority to examine this carefully (...).
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 571
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