Quote from Letter 9.47 to Fortunatus, bishop of Naples. October-November 598
And it is both sad for us and grievous for you that discord has broken out between the inhabitants of the city mentioned above. For you should have set on unity and concord. For that reason, we suggest to your Fraternity with this address that you should cease from any excuse, and send over a person here with all speed. With the jug dement either of those chosen by us, or certainly of those allotted by us, he could take action, if they support your party in any way, and could reply in detail to the charges and objections of your adversaries, so that the truth may be known and the case may reach a beneficial conclusion here.
Thus, when all divisions that had come into conflict are terminated with good reason, aggravation should receive no support in the dispute, but only peace between you and your sons, and charity should persist.
And it is both sad for us and grievous for you that discord has broken out between the inhabitants of the city mentioned above. For you should have set on unity and concord. For that reason, we suggest to your Fraternity with this address that you should cease from any excuse, and send over a person here with all speed. With the jug dement either of those chosen by us, or certainly of those allotted by us, he could take action, if they support your party in any way, and could reply in detail to the charges and objections of your adversaries, so that the truth may be known and the case may reach a beneficial conclusion here.
Thus, when all divisions that had come into conflict are terminated with good reason, aggravation should receive no support in the dispute, but only peace between you and your sons, and charity should persist.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 574
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