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Epistle
LVI.
To Marinianus, Bishop.
Gregory to Marinianus, Bishop of Ravenna.
Moved by the benevolence of the Apostolical See
and the order of ancient custom, we have thought fit to grant the use
of the pallium to thy Fraternity, who art known to have undertaken the
office of government in the Church of Ravenna1622
| 1622 With regard to the
use of the pallium claimed by, and allowed to, John, the preceding
bishop of Ravenna, see III. 56, 57; V. 11, 15. For further
contentions with Marinianus on the subject, see VI. 34, 61. | . And remember thou to use it in no
other way but in the proper Church of thy city, when the sons (i.e.
laity) have been already dismissed, as thou art proceeding from
the audience chamber1623
| 1623
Salutatario: called in previous letters to Archbishop
John, secretarium. See III. 56, note 2. | to celebrate
the sacred solemnities of mass; but, when mass is finished, thou wilt
take care to lay it by again in the audience chamber. But outside
the Church, we do not allow thee to use it any more, except four times
in the year, in the litanies which we named to thy predecessor John;
giving thee at the same time this admonition; that, as through the
Lord’s bounty thou hast obtained from us
the use of an adornment of this kind to the honour of the priestly
office, so thou strive to adorn also the office undertaken by thee to
the glory of Christ with probity of manners and of deeds. For
thus wilt thou be conspicuous for two adornments answering to each
other, if with such a vesture of the body as this the good qualities
also of thy soul agree. For all privileges also which appear
evidently to have been formerly granted to thy Church we confirm by our
authority, and decree that they continue inviolate.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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