Quote from Letter 9.84 to John, bishop of Syracuse. December 598-January 599
(And) as much as we love you with brotherly love, we are equally distressed to hear something that makes you unpopular.
For that reason, we exhort you with the present letter to cease from any delays and excuses, and make your people go to court with the other party over the boundaries that are said to have been invaded.
Thus the inquiry into the invasion of property and the dispute over ownership, if there is one, may both be finalized.
Therefore, let your Fraternity ensure that this is done without delay, so that the quarrel might not affect you with odium or disturb us again over it.
(And) as much as we love you with brotherly love, we are equally distressed to hear something that makes you unpopular.
For that reason, we exhort you with the present letter to cease from any delays and excuses, and make your people go to court with the other party over the boundaries that are said to have been invaded.
Thus the inquiry into the invasion of property and the dispute over ownership, if there is one, may both be finalized.
Therefore, let your Fraternity ensure that this is done without delay, so that the quarrel might not affect you with odium or disturb us again over it.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 594
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