Quote from Letter 9.49 to Chrysantus, bishop. November 598
Paul, deacon of the church of Rieti, requested in a petition to us that the relics of the blessed martyrs Hermes, Hyacinthus and Maximus should be located at the fonts in the church of Saint Mary, ever virgin and mother of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ, which lies inside the city of Rieti.
And so, dearest brother, if it is established that no human body has been buried in the same place, you will diligently consecrate the sanctuaries of the aforesaid martyrs with reverence, and without any equivocation.
Paul, deacon of the church of Rieti, requested in a petition to us that the relics of the blessed martyrs Hermes, Hyacinthus and Maximus should be located at the fonts in the church of Saint Mary, ever virgin and mother of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ, which lies inside the city of Rieti.
And so, dearest brother, if it is established that no human body has been buried in the same place, you will diligently consecrate the sanctuaries of the aforesaid martyrs with reverence, and without any equivocation.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 575
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