Quote from Letter 9.115 to Venantius, bishop of Luni. February-April 599
(W)e have decided that a nun should be sent over for you to install as abbess, under God's protection. We think that, with the help of heavenly mercy, she can manage the strenuous regime of the same convent. For in this we have come to Him alone in prayer. And so, because we have sent over the nun mentioned above, as you requested, and our letter for your good-will, we suggest that your Fraternity should take care of her and her convent, and with the goodness of your encouragement, should strengthen the community living there, in its servitude to jesus, our God and Redeemer.
(W)e have decided that a nun should be sent over for you to install as abbess, under God's protection. We think that, with the help of heavenly mercy, she can manage the strenuous regime of the same convent. For in this we have come to Him alone in prayer. And so, because we have sent over the nun mentioned above, as you requested, and our letter for your good-will, we suggest that your Fraternity should take care of her and her convent, and with the goodness of your encouragement, should strengthen the community living there, in its servitude to jesus, our God and Redeemer.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 612
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