Quote from Letter 9.133 too Hilary, notary. April 599
You should know that the ship in which Vitalis, the bearer of this letter, is sailing to our most beloved daughter and abbess, Adeodata, to support her convent, has been sent off. When it arrives there, with this authority we command you that you should protect her in all things, and should hasten to lighten and excuse her from every service and burden, especially if it should be a papal duty.
For as you know, in the same concept such a great community is shown to live, by the grace of God, that we are in a hurry to give comfort and support for it in everything, more than for our own Church.
You should know that the ship in which Vitalis, the bearer of this letter, is sailing to our most beloved daughter and abbess, Adeodata, to support her convent, has been sent off. When it arrives there, with this authority we command you that you should protect her in all things, and should hasten to lighten and excuse her from every service and burden, especially if it should be a papal duty.
For as you know, in the same concept such a great community is shown to live, by the grace of God, that we are in a hurry to give comfort and support for it in everything, more than for our own Church.
Cited from: The Letters of Gregory the Great, trans. John R.C. Martyn (Toronto: PIMS, 2004), II, 621.
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