Quote from Letter 9.104 to Constantius, bishop of Milan. January 599.
Your Fraternity is so distinguished with dignity suitable to you that without another's advice, you understand instinctively what should be expended on anything. However, the bearer of this letter, John, a magnificent gentleman, who has arrived there to carry out the office of praetor, seeks to be recommended by our letter.
When it is necessary, therefore, let your Holiness provide the protection of your favor, within reason, and be keen to assist him in a priestly manner with your support, so that in your presence he should neither suffer from the oppression of others nor be hard on others himself, unreasonably.
Your Fraternity is so distinguished with dignity suitable to you that without another's advice, you understand instinctively what should be expended on anything. However, the bearer of this letter, John, a magnificent gentleman, who has arrived there to carry out the office of praetor, seeks to be recommended by our letter.
When it is necessary, therefore, let your Holiness provide the protection of your favor, within reason, and be keen to assist him in a priestly manner with your support, so that in your presence he should neither suffer from the oppression of others nor be hard on others himself, unreasonably.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 605
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