3 surviving letters between Antoninus, Subdeacon and Pope Gregory the Great, spanning 591-592 AD.
Honoratus, archdeacon of the Church of Salona, had demanded from my predecessor of holy memory, in a petition that he sent, that he should by no means be forced by his bishop to be advanced against his will, in a way contrary to custom, to a higher order. [Here follows an account of the subsequent proceedings, almost word for word the same as th...
It has come to our ears that Florentius, bishop of the city of Epidaurus, his property having first been seized, has been condemned, for certain crimes not proved, without a sacerdotal council. And, inasmuch as he ought not to suffer canonical punishment, no canonical sentence having been pronounced for his condemnation, we enjoin your Experienc...
Gregory to Antoninus, Subdeacon, Rector of the patrimony in Dalmatia. It is commonly reported in these parts that our brother and fellow bishop, Natalis of the Church of Salona, is dead. If this is true, let your Experience with all speed and all care hasten to admonish the clergy and people of that city that with one consent they elect a priest...