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Epistle XXIII.
To Fortunatus and Anthemius1701
| 1701 Fortunatis was bishop
of Naples, and Anthemius a subdeacon, and Defensor of
Campania. | .
Gregory to Fortunatus, bishop, and Anthemius,
guardian (defensori).
Catellus, the bearer of these presents, has
informed us that his sister, who had been betrothed to one Stephen,
has, through divine mercy moving her, been converted1702
| 1702 Conversam
fuisse; the usual phrase for taking to monastic life. | in a monastery at Naples, and that the
same Stephen improperly detains a house and some other things belonging
to her. And, inasmuch as legal decrees (Caus. 17, q. 2, c.
28) have appointed that a betrothed woman, should she wish to be
converted, shall suffer no loss whatever, let thy Fraternity, together
with Anthemius the subdeacon, endeavour by diligent enquiry to
investigate the truth. And if, as we have been informed, you find
that the Stephen above-named is keeping a house or anything else
unjustly, let him be urgently warned by your exhortation to restore
without any delay or altercation what he unduly detains, and not to
defer under any kind of excuse the restitution of what is not his
own. And if perchance you find him neglect your exhortation,
notify this to us, giving also an accurate account of the
facts of the case, to the end that,
when the merits of the case are known, he may be forced by other means,
in accordance with equity, to make the restitution which he scorns to
make of his own accord out of regard to honesty. Commending the
bearer of these presents to thy Fraternity, we exhort thee to allow him
no longer to suffer from delay on this account.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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