Quote from Letter 9.44 to Theodore, curator of Ravenna. October 598
Although many things have reached us about you, from reports long ago by our emissaries, which filled our mind with joy, yet now our son, the Abbot Probus, returning from you, has brought back as much besides about the love of your Glory, as is fitting to be proclaimed about a truly good and most Christian son.
And he has described how you have shown him such great affection, and have shown such keenness in arranging the peace, as has never existed in our citizens who have been found there before.
And so we demand the mercy of heavenly protection, to recompense you for this in return, in your body and your soul, both here and in the future, as you do not cease to do with care what was advantageous for the safety of many people.
Although many things have reached us about you, from reports long ago by our emissaries, which filled our mind with joy, yet now our son, the Abbot Probus, returning from you, has brought back as much besides about the love of your Glory, as is fitting to be proclaimed about a truly good and most Christian son.
And he has described how you have shown him such great affection, and have shown such keenness in arranging the peace, as has never existed in our citizens who have been found there before.
And so we demand the mercy of heavenly protection, to recompense you for this in return, in your body and your soul, both here and in the future, as you do not cease to do with care what was advantageous for the safety of many people.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 571
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