Quote from Letter 9.92 to John, bishop of Syracuse. January 599
[After explaining a legal case and judgment] And so, if you clearly know that is was decided in this way, that is, if that possession was restored with the agreement of your predecease, and was [thus: illegal] occupied by the aforesaid man, see that it is handed back without any argument, while the question of ownership remains, of course, as it was decided in the same judgment. But if it is otherwise, these matters must also be decided at the same time by a judicial decision.
And so, let your Fraternity make sure that all of this is done without any delay, as tranquillity is bestowed on you, so that no murmur of ill will is stirred up against you, and the gentleman mentioned by us before [the glorious Felix] is not forced to bother us again.
[After explaining a legal case and judgment] And so, if you clearly know that is was decided in this way, that is, if that possession was restored with the agreement of your predecease, and was [thus: illegal] occupied by the aforesaid man, see that it is handed back without any argument, while the question of ownership remains, of course, as it was decided in the same judgment. But if it is otherwise, these matters must also be decided at the same time by a judicial decision.
And so, let your Fraternity make sure that all of this is done without any delay, as tranquillity is bestowed on you, so that no murmur of ill will is stirred up against you, and the gentleman mentioned by us before [the glorious Felix] is not forced to bother us again.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 599
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