Registrum Epistularum (14 books) · c. 594
Gregory the Great (Wisigothic) → Passivus
Tradução moderna em inglês
I confess to you that the situation of the church of Aprutium has weighed on me for some time. A community of the faithful without a proper priest is like a flock without a shepherd — vulnerable to every wind and wolf. I desire — and I say desire because desire must precede action — that this be remedied without further delay. If the canonical process of selecting a suitable man has been impeded by whatever difficulties, let me know what they are so that I may help resolve them. The faithful of Aprutium have waited long enough. Let this be the year their church receives the pastor it deserves.
Texto latino / grego
Bene novit fraternitas vestra, quam longo sit tempore Aprutium* pastoralis eurae**