Letter 44: FRIEDBERGy Decr. Gratiani, d.

Pelagius [Pope] to John the Defender [agent of the Roman Church at Taormina in Sicily]. Eleutherius, our brother and fellow bishop, complains that his clergy are behaving arrogantly toward him contrary to the canons, and that, although by our command he made a written undertaking, deposited in the archive, that daily vigils should be celebrated in his church, those men, holding it in contempt, are unable to fulfill it; but rather each of them, setting aside the service of the church, devotes himself to his own affairs. And therefore we direct that your diligence restrain with due rebuke those whom he shall show to you to be obstinate, and that by every means you compel them to attend to the vigils. He complains also that Petronius, his presbyter, with whom he records that he pleaded the case before judges delegated by us, likewise holds in contempt the fulfillment of what was determined by the sentence pronounced by those very judges; and we admonish by every means that your diligence, in like manner, the truth having been investigated, require this to be fulfilled. To these complaints, moreover, this too is added by the aforesaid bishop: that his mother, in a country estate which is called Castellum, had built and dedicated an oratory, and in that same place had established monks, of whom one is a presbyter. At the time of this dedication, he asserts, it was agreed between the bishop Cardelus, in whose diocese the place is, and his mother, that whatever should come in through the offerings of the faithful, whether on the day of the dedication or on the birthday [feast] of the martyrs whose relics are in that monastery, the monastery itself should have one half, while the other half should be offered to the bishop. Contrary to this agreement, it is said that Marius the presbyter, whether with his bishop knowing or not knowing, has done violence to those very monks, or to the presbyter who is of those monks, and has caused frequent troubles, so much so that he nearly struck down the aforesaid presbyter, and in no way permits him to perform the Masses, saying that he ought to establish some payment, as it were in the name of a rent. We therefore command that you examine all these things diligently; and if it shall be established before you by evident truth that, at the time when that monastery was dedicated, the conditions set out above were agreed upon, we direct by our authority that they be observed, and that nothing further thereafter be attempted to be exacted from anyone. But if in truth no such thing was agreed, we wish it to be defined among those monks and the presbyter, with you mediating, what ought to be offered to that bishop himself under the name of eulogia [a customary gift or offering]; saving, however, this, that the presbyter Gaudentius, who is also a monk, ought in no way to be hereafter prohibited by anyone from performing the Masses in his monastery, as he has been accustomed to do. [From ep. 45:] As regards the marriage of that girl, whose father is a slave but whose grandfather is free, it is necessary that the reckoning be made from the free man, not from the slave.

FRIEDBERGy Decr. Gratiani, d. XCI, 1; XVIII, 2, 30, c. 316; 838; (4-8) PERELS Bonizo, Lih. de Vita Christ. VI, 24, p. 216-217. PEI/AGIUS [PAPA] IOHANNI DEFENSORI. Eleutherius frater et coepiscopus noster queritur clericos suos sibi contra ca- Codd,: B fol. 30: (1-2); O [Thaner, p. 423-424]; Pj fol. 362: (4: quod mater...- 8 ), p, fol. se^-sr, p, fol. 69^^-70^; Q fol. 6r-68; R [Perels, p. 216-217]: (4: quod ma- ter ...- 8 ... definiri); fol. 47-47'^: (4: quod mater... 8 ), fol, 82^-83. 1 (p)elagius (p parv. add.) P,, pellagius O 4 , gelasius R, om. B papa] om. B P Q iohanni defens.] om. O P R eleuterius Pi P 2 R, eleucerius B 1-2 eleute- rius... noster queritur praemitt. ante § 4: quod mater... R, eleuterius.. noster dicit [eleu- therius] S ante § 4: quod mater... P S Epistula haec et sequentes litterae usque ad ep. 56 datae fuerunt inter diem 22 martii (circiter) a. 559, terminum ante quem anterioris ep. 43, et initimn mensis aprilis eiusdem anni, nam ep. 56 collocari debet ante diem aprilis a. 559. Tit. Iohanni defensori: Tauromenii (Taormina) in Sicilia, vel in plaga borea orientalis littoris insulae. Cf. adnotationes in titulum ep. 41, p. 114. 1. Eleutherius: Syracusanus forte antistes. Cf. notulas in ep. 33,2, p. 90. Probabile insuper autmno, eum fuisse eundem Eleutherium ad quem epp. 86 et 96, p. 209 et 227, missae fuerunt. sibi contra canones superbire: Adluditur ad can. 5 Cone. Antio¬ cheni a. 341 (C. H. Txjrner, Monumenta ..., t. II, ii, p. 248-251; Mansi, t. II, c. 1309 E-1312 A; 1322 C-D; 1330 C-D) quem tamen novit potius PEIvAGII I PAPAE nones superbire, et id quod nobis iubentibus facta in scrinio cau¬ tione promisit, ut cotidianis diebus uigiliae in eius celebrarentur ecclesia, illis contem[p]nentibus implere non posse, sed magis unumquemque suis, postposito ecclesiae seruitio, uacare negotiis. Et ideo experientia tua eos quos tibi esse ostenderit contumaces 2 debita obiurgatione conpesce, et modis omnibus uigiliis uacare compelle. Queritur etiam quod Petronius praesbyter suus, cum 3 quo apud delegatos a nobis indices causam se dixisse commemo¬ rat, id quoque quod ab ipsis indicibus prolata sententia constitu¬ tum est implere contem[p]nit, quod, ut similiter tua experientia, requisita ueritate, exigat adimpleri, modis omnibus admonemus. His autem querimoniis etiam illud a memorato episcopo adiici- 4 tur, quod mater eius in casa quae Castellum dicitur oratorium con¬ struxisset ac dedicauerit, et in eodem loco monachos constituerit, dent. B 6 unusquisque B postpos.] propos. O 4 , prepos. O 7 8 compesce Q, com¬ pescere O 7 9 copelle S, compellere O 7 petronus Os O 4 11 quoque] om, 0 lata Q torium] sup. ras. i?i, ex oratocium Si 16 -struxisset] -struxerit R S et] ut 0 3 O 4 papa ut in Cone. Chalcedonensi, actio IV, 90, fuit adlegatus (E. SchwarTz, ACO., t. II, vol. I, 2, p. 118; t. II, vol. III, 2, p. 124; Mansi, t. VII, c. 71-72 C-D). Cf. ep. 52,10, p. 137. nobis iubentibus: Quod fere probat eum. Pelagio pontifice, fuisse ordinatum, nam cautio illa tribuebatur tempore quo episcopi proveheban¬ tur. Cf. notulas in ep. 25,1, p. 80. cotidianis diebus: Cf. Lib. diurnus, form. 74 (Th. K. v. Sickee, 0 . c., p, 77). 3. Petronius praesbyter: His tantum notus. 4. mater eius: Incipit J-K. 960. in casa: Id est, in fundo. Cf. adnotationes in ep. 12,1, p. 41. Castellum: Quoad nomen consuli possunt KubiTSCHEk, Caste¬ llum, in Pauly-Wissowa, t. III, c. 1754-1758; Thesaurus ..., t. III, p. 525- 529. — Esse non videtur monasterium Castelliense (seu Vivariense), quod a Cassiodoro Scylacii in Brutiis fuit exstructum, de quo loquitur S. GrE- GORius Magnus, Reg., VIII, 30. 32. (E. M. Hartmann, MGH., Epp., t. II, p. 32; 33-35). An exstitit hic fundus in loco ubi antea fuerat Castellum Syracusanorum (Megara, sive olim Hybla parva), ad locum ubi hodierna exstructa est? Cf. DE ViT, Onomasticon ..., t. II, p. 167; p. 435-436; ZiEGEER, Megara in Sizilien, in Pauly-Wissowa, t. XV, c. 205-215. Si haec hypothesis esset fundata, aliud iam indicium haberetur, hic agi de personis ex quibus unus est praesbyter. Hoc autem tempore dedicationis 5 inter episcopum Cardelum, cuius ipsa diocesis est, et matrem suam asserit conuenisse, ut quicquid dedicationis uel natali martyrum die, quorum in eius monasterio reliquiae sunt, per fide¬ lium oblationes intrauerit, medietatem quidem monasterium ipsum habeat, medietas autem episcopo offeratur. Contra quam 6 conuentionem Marium praesbyterum, siue sciente siue nesciente episcopo suo, monachis ipsis uel praesbytero qui ex eis monachis est uim dicitur intuKsse, et frequentes molestias generare, ita ut et memoratum praesbyterum prope ceciderit, et missas eum facere nullo modo permittat, dicens ut,, quasi pensionis nomine, aliquid statuere debeat. Haec igitur omnia diUgenter te examinare iube- 7 mus, et si apud te evidenti ueritate constiterit, quia tempore quo dedicatum est ipsum monasterium condiciones superius positae conuenerunt, seruari eas ex nostra auctoritate praecipimus, nec ampKus ahquid exinde ab aliquo temptetur exigere. Sin uero nihil 8 quiae] om. P, P 2 , reliq. in eius monast. P 3 sunt reliquiae S 21-22 ipsum monaste¬ rium S 22 afferatur O 7 Pj, efferatur O 44 contram Q 23 marium praesbyt.] alium presbit. R 24 ipsis] ex suis Og praesbyt.] presbitero uel R ex] ab R eis] ipsis (recte fortasse) PQ RS monachus O4 Og Sg, ex monachis O7 Si 25 frequentes] fe- quentes Pj 26 etq ex Pj, om. (an recte}) 0 Q 27 permittas O 7 pensionis] pensi Pj, penti Ra 29 aput P 30 est] add. hoc Sg conditiones ex conditionis O 5 , condic¬ tiones P 31 conuenerint Pi, conuenire P autoritate Si 32 temtetur Pg, tentetur Pj nihil] nil 5 et rebus ad Syracusanam urbem stantibus. Alia castella vide in Thesaurus... Onomasticon, 240-241; Pauly-Wissowa, t. III, c. 1758-1760; DHGE., t. XI, c. 1417-1433. unus est praesbyter: Gaudentius videlicet nomine. Gf. § 8. 5. episcopum Cardelum: Ita in codd. meis cunctis. Apud Gratianum (XVIII, 2, 30) Candelum (Cadeluntium, Candduntium, Cardinatium) falso corrupteque nominatur. Nomen vero Cardeli bene notus est. Cf. A. Audoe- EEnT, Cardelus, DHGE., t. XI, c. 1016, et Thesaurus ... Onomasticon, t. II, p. 186. Cardelus erat episcopus loco vicinior; unde vero, non liquet. Fortassis aliquatenus iurisdictioni aut inspectioni Eleutherii, vel in casu, subdebatur, quod tamen e textu litterarum non patet. Huius modi mu¬ nus recte Syracusanum antistitem decuisset, quippe qui quadam saltem praeeminentia super reliquos Siculos praesules aliquando gavisus est. 2, c. 1843. 6 . Marium praesbyterum: Cf. adnotationes in ep. 42,1, p. 116. episcopo suo: Ut etiam in §8, ipse Cardelus. 12$ PElvAGII I PAPAE tale conuenit, mediante te, qtiid episcopo ipsi eulogiae nomine offerri debeat inter ipsos monachos et praesbylerum uolumus defi¬ niri, saluo tamen eo, ut praesbyter Gaudentius, qui etiam monachus est, missas in monasterio suo, sicut consueuit, facere a nullo ulte¬ rius debeat prohiberi. quod Rij quidem 0^ eulogiae] eulogii ^gii sup. ras.J O 14 , eulogio O 7 . 8 . eulogiae nomine: Hic sumitur sensu muneris vel doni (debiti aut indebiti). Cf. Du Cange, Glossarium t. III, p. 333, 4; Thesaurus t. V, 2, p. 1049, 1.3-18. EpistueaE'^44,8; 45 Quod ad matrimonium adtinet illius puellae, cuius pater servus, avus vero liberus est,^ de hbero non de servo rationem habeat ne- cesse est.