Leo the Great, Gregory the Great
LEO THE GREAT, GREGORY THE GREAT LEO THE GREAT (AUTHOR OF PART) GREGORY THE GREAT (AUTHOR OF PART).
NICENE AND POST-NICENE CHURCH FATHERS: SECOND SERIES: VOLUME XII. LEO THE GREAT, GREGORY THE GREAT.
The Letters And Sermons Of Leo The Great Bishop Of Rome
Letters
Sermons
The Book Of Pastoral Rule, And Selected Epistles, Of Gregory The Great Bishop Of Rome
The Book of Pastoral Rule
Register of the Epistles of Saint Gregory the Great
The Letters And Sermons Of Leo The Great Bishop Of Rome
Introduction
Life
Letters
Letter I
To the Bishop of Aquileia
Letter II
To Septimus, Bishop of Altinum
Letter III
From Paschasinus, Bishop of Lilybaeum
Letter IV
To the Bishops appointed in Campania, Picenum, Etruria, and all the Provinces
Letter V
To the Metropolitan Bishops of Illyricum
Letter VI
To Anastasius, Bishop of Thessalonica
Letter VII
To the Bishops throughout Italy
Letter VIII
The Ordinance of Valentinian III. concerning the Manichaeans
Letter IX
To Dioscorus, Bishop of Alexandria
Letter X
To the Bishops of the Province of Vienne. In the matter of Hilary, Bishop of Arles
Letter XI
An Ordinance of Valentinianus III
Letter XII
Leo, bishop of the city of Rome, to all the bishops of Mauritania Caesariensis in Africa, greeting the Lord
Letter XIII
To the Metropolitan Bishops in the Provinces of Illyricum
Letter XIV
To Anastasius, Bishop of Thessalonica
Letter XV
To Turribius, Bishop of Asturia , upon the errors of the Priscillianists
Letter XVI
To the Bishops of Sicily
Letter XVII
To All the Bishops of Sicily
Letter XVIII
To Januarius, Bishop of Aquileia
Letter XIX
To Dorus, Bishop of Beneventum
Letter XX
To Eutyches, an Abbot of Constantinople
Letter XXI
From Eutyches to Leo
Letter XXII
The first from Flavian, Bp. of Constantinople to Pope Leo
Letter XXIII
To Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople
Letter XXIV
To Theodosius Augustus II
Letter XXV
From Peter Chrysologus, Bishop of Ravenna, to Eutyches, the Presbyter
Letter XXVI
A Second One from Flavian to Leo
Letter XXVII
To Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople
Letter XXVIII
To Flavian commonly called “the Tome.”
Letter XXIX
To Theodosius Augustus
Letter XXX
To Pulcheria Augusta
Letter XXXI
To Pulcheria Augusta
Letter XXXII
To the Archimandrites of Constantinople
Letter XXXIII
To the Synod of Ephesus
Letter XXXIV
To Julian, Bishop of Cos
Letter XXXV
To Julian, Bishop of Cos
Letter XXXVI
To Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople
Letter XXXVII
To Theodosius Augustus
Letter XXXVIII
To Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople
Letter XXXIX
To Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople
Letter XL
To the Bishops of the Province of Arles in Gaul
Letter XLI
To Ravennius, Bishop of Arles
Letter XLII
To Ravennius, Bishop of Arles
Letter XLIII
To Theodosius Augustus
Letter XLIV
To Theodosius Augustus
Letter XLV
To Pulcheria Augusta
Letter XLVI
From Hilary, then Deacon (afterwards Bishop of Rome) to Pulcheria Augusta
Letter XLVII
To Anastasius, Bishop of Thessalonica
Letter XLVIII
To Julian, Bishop of Cos
Letter XLIX
To Flavian, Bishop of Constantinople
Letter L
To the people of Constantinople, by the hand of Epiphanius and Dionysius, Notary of the Church of Rome
Letter LI
To Faustus and other Presbyters and Archimandrites in Constantinople
Letter LII
From Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrus, to Leo. (See vol. iii. of this Series, p. 293.)
Letter LIII
A fragment of a letter from Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople, to Leo (about his consecration)
Letter LIV
To Theodosius Augustus (asking for a synod in Italy).>
Letters LV. to LVIII
A series of Letters
Letter LVI
(From Galla Placidia Augusta to Theodosius)
Letter LIX
To the Clergy and People of the City of Constantinople
Letter LX
To Pulcheria Augusta
Letter LXI
To Martinus and Faustus, Presbyters
Letter LXV
From the Bishops of the Province of Arles
Letter LXVI
Leo’s Reply to Letter LXV
Letter LXVII
To Ravennius, Bishop of Arles
Letter LXVIII
From Three Gallic Bishops to St. Leo
Letter LXIX
(To Theodosius Augustus.)
Letter LXX
To Pulcheria Augusta
Letter LXXI
To the Archimandrites of Constantinople
Letter LXXII
To Faustus, One of the Archimandrites at Constantinople
Letter LXXIII
From Valentinian and Marcian
Letter LXXIV
To Martinus, Another of the Archimandrites at Constantinople
Letter LXXV
To Faustus and Martinus Together
Letter LXXVI
From Marcianus Augustus to Leo
Letter LXXVII
From Pulcheria Augusta to Leo
Letter LXXVIII
Leo’s Answer to Marcianus
Letter LXXIX
To Pulcheria Augusta
Letter LXXX
(To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople.)
Letter LXXXI
To Bishop Julian
Letter LXXXII
To Marcian Augustus
Letter LXXXIII
To the Same Marcian
Letter LXXXIV
To Pulcheria Augusta
Letter LXXXV
To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople
Letter LXXXVI
To Julian, Bishop of Cos
Letter LXXXVII
To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople
Letter LXXXVIII
To Paschasinus, Bishop of Lilybaeum
Letter LXXXIX
To Marcian Augustus
Letter XC
To Marcian Augustus
Letter XCI
To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople
Letter XCII
To Julian, Bishop of Cos
Letter XCIII
To the Synod of Chalcedon
Letter XCIV
To Marcian Augustus
Letter XCV
To Pulcheria Augusta by the Hand of Theoctistus the Magistrian
Letter XCVI
To Ravennius, Bishop of Arles
Letter XCVII
From Eusebius, Bishop of Milan, to Leo
Letter XCVIII
From the Synod of Chalcedon to Leo
Letter XCIX
From Ravennus and Other Gallic Bishops
Letter C
From the Emperor Marcian
Letter CI
From Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople, to Leo
Letter CII
To the Gallic Bishops
Letter CIII
To the Gallic Bishops
Letter CIV
Leo, the Bishop, to Marcian Augustus
Letter CV
(To Pulcheria Augusta about the self-seeking of Anatolius.)
Letter CVI
To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople, in rebuke of his self-seeking
Letter CVII
To Julian, Bishop of Cos
Letter CVIII
To Theodore, Bishop of Forum Julii
Letter CIX
To Julian, Bishop of Cos
Letter CX
From Marcian Augustus
Letter CXI
To Marcian Augustus
Letter CXII
To Pulcheria Augusta
Letter CXIII
To Julian, Bishop of Cos
Letter CXIV
To the Bishops Assembled in Synod at Chalcedon
Letter CXV
To Marcian Augustus
Letter CXVI
To Pulcheria Augusta
Letter CXVII
To Julian, Bishop of Cos
Letter CXVIII
To the Same Julian, Bishop of Cos
Letter CXIX
To Maximus, Bishop of Antioch, by the hand of Marian the Presbyter, and Olympius the Deacon
Letter CXX
To Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrus, on Perseverance in the Faith
Letters CXXI. and CXXII
The former to Marcian Augustus, and the other to Julian the Bishop
Letter CXXIII
To Eudocia Augusta , about the Monks of Palestine
Letter CXXIV
To the Monks of Palestine
Letter CXXV
To Julian, the Bishop, by Count Rodanus
Letter CXXVI
To Marcian Augustus
Letter CXXVII
To Julian, Bishop of Cos
Letter CXXVIII
To Marcian Augustus
Letter CXXIX
To Proterius, Bishop of Alexandria
Letter CXXX
To Marcian Augustus
Letter CXXXI
To Julian, Bishop of Cos
Letter CXXXII
From Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople, to Leo
Letter CXXXIII
From Proterius, Bishop of Alexandria, to Leo
Letter CXXXIV
To Marcian Augustus
Letter CXXXV
To Anatolius
Letter CXXXVI
To Marcian Augustus
Letter CXXXVII
To the same, and on the same day
Letter CXXXVIII
To the Bishops of Gaul and Spain
Letter CXXXIX
To Juvenal, Bishop of Jerusalem
Letter CXL
To Julian, Bishop of Cos
Letter CXLI
To the Same
Letter CXLII
To Marcian Augustus
Letter CXLIII
To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople
Letter CXLIV
To Julian, Bishop of Cos
Letter CXLV
To Leo Augustus
Letter CXLVI
To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople
Letter CXLVII
To Julian, Bishop of Cos, and Aetius, the Presbyter
Letter CXLVIII
To Leo Augustus
Letter CXLIX
To Basil, Bishop of Antioch
Letter CL
To Euxitheus, Bishop of Thessalonica (and Others)
Letter CLI
To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople
Letter CLII
To Julian, Bishop of Cos
Letter CLIII
To Aetius, Presbyter of Constantinople
Letter CLIV
To the Egyptian Bishops
Letter CLV
To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople
Letter CLVI
To Leo Augustus
Letter CLVII
To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople
Letter CLVIII
To the Catholic Bishops of Egypt Sojourning in Constantinople
Letter CLIX
To Nicaetas, Bishop of Aquileia
Letter CLX
(See Letter CLVIII.)
Letter CLXI
To the Presbyters, Deacons and Clergy of the Church of Constantinople
Letter CLXII
To Leo Augustus
Letter CLXIII
To Anatolius, Bishop of Constantinople. By Patritius the Deacon the Deacon
Letter CLXIV
To Leo Augustus
Letter CLXV
To Leo Augustus
Letter CLXVI
To Neo, Bishop of Ravenna
Letter CLXVII
To Rusticus, Bishop of Gallia Narbonensis, with the replies to his Questions on various points
Letter CLXVIII
To all the Bishops of Campania, Samnium and Picenum
Letter CLXIX
To Leo Augustus
Letter CLXX
To Gennadius, Bishop of Constantinople
Letter CLXXI
To Timothy, Bishop of Alexandria
Letter CLXXII
To the Presbyters and Deacons of the Church of Alexandria
Letter CLXXIII
To Certain Egyptian Bishops
Sermons
Sermon I
Preached on his Birthday , or day of Ordination
Sermon II
On his Birthday, II.: Delivered on the Anniversary of his Consecration
Sermon III
On His Birthday, III: Delivered on the Anniversary of his Elevation to the Pontificate
Sermon IX
Upon the Collections , IV
Sermon X
On the Collections, V
Sermon XII
On the Fast of The Tenth Month, I
Sermon XVI
On the Fast of the Tenth Month
Sermon XVII
On the Fast of the Tenth Month, VI
Sermon XIX
On the Fast of the Ten Month, VIII
Sermon XXI
On the Feast of the Nativity, I
Sermon XXII
On the Feast of the Nativity, II
Sermon XXIII
On the Feast of the Nativity, III
Sermon XXIV
On the Feast of the Nativity, IV
Sermon XXVI
On the Feast of the Nativity, VI
Sermon XXVII
On the Feast of the Nativity, VII
Sermon XXVIII
On the Festival of the Nativity, VIII
Sermon XXXI
On the Feast of the Epiphany, I
Sermon XXXIII
On the Feast of the Epiphany, III
Sermon XXXIV
On the Feast of the Epiphany, IV
Sermon XXXVI
On the Feast of the Epiphany, VI
Sermon XXXIX
On Lent, I
Sermon XL
On Lent, II
Sermon XLII
On Lent, IV
Sermon XLVI
On Lent, VIII
Sermon XLIX
On Lent, XI
Sermon LI
A Homily delivered on the Saturday before the Second Sunday in Lent—on the Transfiguration, S. Matt. xvii. 1–13
Sermon LIV
On the Passion, III.; delivered on the Sunday before Easter
Sermon LV
On the Lord’s Passion IV., delivered on Wednesday in Holy Week
Sermon LVIII
(On the Passion, VII.)
Sermon LIX
(On the Passion, VIII.: on Wednesday in Holy Week.)
Sermon LXII
(On the Passion, XI.)
Sermon LXIII
(On the Passion, XII.: preached on Wednesday.)
Sermon LXVII
(On the Passion, XVI.: delivered on the Sunday.)
Sermon LXVIII
(On the Passion, XVII.: delivered on the Wednesday.)
Sermon LXXI
(On the Lord’s Resurrection, I.; delivered on Holy Saturday in the Vigil of Easter .)
Sermon LXXII
(On the Lord’s Resurrection, II.)
Sermon LXXIII
(On the Lord’s Ascension, I.)
Sermon LXXIV
(On the Lord’s Ascension, II.)
Sermon LXXV
(On Whitsuntide, I.)
Sermon LXXVII
(On Whitsuntide, III.)
Sermon LXXVIII
(On the Whitsuntide Fast, I.)
Sermon LXXXII
On the Feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul (June 29)
Sermon LXXXIV
Concerning the Neglect of the Commemoration
Sermon LXXXV
On the Feast of S. Laurence the Martyr (Aug. 10)
Sermon LXXXVIII
On the Fast of the Seventh Month, III
Sermon XC
(On the Fast of Seventh Month, V.)
Sermon XCI
On the Fast of the Seventh Month, VI
Sermon XCV
A Homily on the Beatitudes, St. Matt. v. 1–9
The Book Of Pastoral Rule, And Selected Epistles, Of Gregory The Great Bishop Of Rome
Prolegomena
Book I. Indiction IX. (a.d. 590–1.)
Book II. Indiction X. (a.d. 591–2.)
Book III. Indiction XI. (a.d. 592–3)
Book IV. Indiction XII. (a.d. 593–4)
Book V. Indiction XIII. (a.d. 594–5)
Book VI. Indiction XIV. (a.d. 595–6)
Book VII. Indiction XV. (a.d. 596–7), and Book VIII. Indiction I. (a.d. 597–8)
Book IX. Indiction II. (a.d. 598–9)
Book XI. Indiction IV. (a.d. 600–1)
Book XIII. Indiction V. (a.d. 602–3)
Book XIV. Indiction VII. (a.d. 603–4.)
The Book of Pastoral Rule
The Book of Pastoral Rule of Saint Gregory the Great, Roman Pontiff, to John, Bishop of the City of Ravenna
Part I
Gregory to his most reverend and most holy brother and fellow-bishop, John
Chapter I
That the unskilful venture not to approach an office of authority
Chapter II
That none should enter on a place of government who practise not in life what they have learnt by study
Chapter III
Of the weight of government; and that all manner of adversity is to be despised, and prosperity feared
Chapter IV
That for the most part the occupation of government dissipates the solidity of the mind
Chapter V
Of those who are able to profit others by virtuous example in supreme rule, but fly from it in pursuit of their own ease
Chapter VI
That those who fly from the burden of rule through humility are then truly humble when they resist not the divine decrees
Chapter VII
That sometimes some laudably desire the office of preaching, while others, as laudably, are drawn to it by compulsion
Chapter VIII
Of those who covet pre-eminence, and seize on the language of the Apostle to serve the purpose of their own cupidity
Chapter IX
That the mind of those who wish for pre-eminence for the most part flatters itself with a feigned promise of good works
Chapter X
What manner of man ought to come to rule
Chapter XI
What manner of man ought not to come to rule
Part II
Of the Life of the Pastor
Chapter I
How one who has in due order arrived at a place of rule ought to demean himself in it
Chapter II
That the ruler should be pure in thought
Chapter III
That the ruler should be always chief in action
Chapter IV
That the ruler should be discreet in keeping silence, profitable in speech
Chapter V
That the ruler should be a near neighbour to every one in compassion, and exalted above all in contemplation
Chapter VI
That the ruler should be, through humility, a companion of good livers, but, through the zeal of righteousness, rigid against the vices of evildoers
Chapter VII
That the ruler relax not his care for the things that are within in his occupation among the things that are without, nor neglect to provide for the things that are without in his solicitude for the things that are within
Chapter VIII
That the ruler should not set his heart on pleasing men, and yet should give heed to what ought to please them
Chapter IX
That the ruler ought to be careful to understand how commonly vices pass themselves off as virtues
Chapter X
What the ruler’s discrimination should be between correction and connivance, between fervour and gentleness
Chapter XI
How intent the ruler ought to be on meditations in the Sacred Law
Part III
How the Ruler, While Living Well, Ought to Teach and Admonish Those that are Put Under Him
Prologue
Chapter I
What diversity there ought to be in the art of preaching
Chapter II
How the poor and the rich should be admonished
Chapter III
How the joyful and the sad are to be admonished
Chapter IV
How subjects and prelates are to be admonished
Chapter V
How servants and masters are to be admonished
Chapter VI
How the wise and the dull are to be admonished
Chapter VII
How the impudent and bashful are to be admonished
Chapter VIII
How the forward and the faint-hearted are to be admonished
Chapter IX
How the impatient and the patient are to be admonished
Chapter X
How the kindly-disposed and the envious are to be admonished
Chapter XI
How the simple and the crafty are to be admonished
Chapter XII
How the whole and the sick are to be admonished
Chapter XIII
How those who fear scourges and those who contemn them are to be admonished
Chapter XIV
How the silent and the talkative are to be admonished
Chapter XV
How the slothful and the hasty are to be admonished
Chapter XVI
How the meek and the passionate are to be admonished
Chapter XVII
How the humble and the haughty are to be admonished
Chapter XVIII
How the obstinate and the fickle are to be admonished
Chapter XIX
How those who use food intemperately and those who use it sparingly are to be admonished
Chapter XX
How to be admonished are those who give away what is their own, and those who seize what belongs to others
Chapter XXI
How those are to be admonished who desire not the things of others, but keep their own; and those who give of their own, yet seize on those of others
Chapter XXII
How those that are at variance and those that are at peace are to be admonished
Chapter XXIII
How sowers of strifes and peacemakers are to be admonished
Chapter XXIV
How the rude in sacred learning, and those who are learned but not humble, are to be admonished
Chapter XXV
How those are to be admonished who decline the office of preaching out of too great humility, and those who seize on it with precipitate haste
Chapter XXVI
How those are to be admonished with whom everything succeeds according to their wish, and those with whom nothing does
Chapter XXVII
How the married and the single are to be admonished
Chapter XXVIII
How those are to be admonished who have had experience of the sins of the flesh, and those who have not
Chapter XXIX
How they are to be admonished who lament sins of deed, and those who lament only sins of thought
Chapter XXX
How those are to be admonished who abstain not from the sins which they bewail, and those who, abstaining from them, bewail them not
Chapter XXXI
How those are to be admonished who praise the unlawful things of which they are conscious, and those who while condemning them, in no wise guard against them
Chapter XXXII
How those are to be admonished who sin from sudden impulse and those who sin deliberately
Chapter XXXIII
How those are to be admonished who commit very small but frequent faults, and those who, while avoiding such as are very small, are sometimes plunged in such as are grievous
Chapter XXXIV
How those are to be admonished who do not even begin good things, and those who do not finish them when begun
Chapter XXXV
How those are to be admonished who do bad things secretly and good things openly, and those who do contrariwise
Chapter XXXVI
Concerning the exhortation to be addressed many at once, that It may so aid the virtues of each among them that vices contrary to such virtues may not grow up through it
Chapter XXXVII
Of the exhortation to be applied to one person, who labours under contrary passions
Chapter XXXVIII
That sometimes lighter vices are to be left alone, that more grievous ones may be removed
Chapter XXXIX
That deep things ought not to be preached at all to weak souls
Chapter XL
Of the work and the voice of preaching
Part IV
How the Preacher, When He Has Accomplished All Aright, Should Return to Himself, Lest Either His Life or His Preaching Lift Him Up
Register of the Epistles of Saint Gregory the Great
Book I
The Month of September, Indiction IX., Being the First Year of His Ordination
Epistle I
To all the Bishops of Sicily
Epistle II
To Justinus, Praetor of Sicily
Epistle III
To Paul, Scholasticus
Epistle IV
To John, Bishop of Constantinople
Epistle V
To Theoctista, Sister of the Emperor
Epistle VI
To Narses, Patrician
Epistle VII
To Anastasius, Patriarch of Antioch
Epistle IX
To Peter the Subdeacon
Epistle X
To Bacauda and Agnellus, Bishops
Epistle XI
To Clementina, Patrician
Epistle XII
To John, Bishop of Urbs Vetus (Orvieto)
Epistle XVI
To Severus, Bishop of Aquileia
Epistle XVII
To all the Bishops of Italy
Epistle XVIII
To Peter the Subdeacon
Epistle XIX
To Natalis, Bishop of Salona
Epistle XX
To Honoratus, Deacon of Salona
Epistle XXI
To Natalis, Bishop of Salona
Epistle XXV
To John, Bishop of Constantinople, and the Other Patriarchs
Epistle XXVI
To Anastasius, Patriarch of Antioch
Epistle XXVII
To Anastasius, Archbishop of Corinth
Epistle XXVIII
To Sebastian, Bishop of Rhisinum [in Dalmatia]
Epistle XXIX
To Aristobulus, Ex-Prefect and Antigraphus
Epistle XXXIII
To Romanus, Patrician, and Exarch of Italy
Epistle XXXIV
To Venantius, Ex-Monk, Patrician of Syracuse
Epistle XXXV
To Peter, Bishop of Terracina
Epistle XXXVI
To Peter the Subdeacon
Epistle XXXIX
To Anthemius, Subdeacon
Epistle XLI
To Peter, Subdeacon
Epistle XLII
To Anthemius, Subdeacon
Epistle XLIII
To Leander Bishop of Hispalis (Seville)
Epistle XLIV
To Peter, Subdeacon of Sicily
Epistle XLVI
To Peter the Subdeacon
Epistle XLVII
To Virgilius, Bishop of Arelate (Arles) and Theodorus, Bishop of Massilia (Marseilles)
Epistle XLVIII
To Theodorus, Duke of Sardinia
Epistle XLIX
To Honoratus, Deacon
Epistle L
To Anthemius the Subdeacon
Epistle LII
To Symmachus the Defensor
Epistle LVI
To Peter, Subdeacon
Epistle LVII
To Severus, Bishop
Epistle LVIII
To Arsicinus Duke, the Clergy, Nobility, and Common People (ordini et plebi) of the City of Ariminum
Epistle LXI
To Gennadius, Patrician and Exarch of Africa
Epistle LXII
To Januarius, Archbishop of Caralis (Cagliari) in Sardinia
Epistle LXIII
To Januarius, Bishop of Caralis (Cagliari) in Sardinia
Epistle LXVI
To Felix, Bishop of Messana (Messene)
Epistle LXVII
To Peter, Subdeacon
Epistle LXXII
To Peter, Subdeacon
Epistle LXXIV
To Gennadius, Patrician and Exarch of Africa
Epistle LXXV
To Gennadius, Patrician, and Exarch throughout Africa
Epistle LXXVII
To All the Bishops of Numidia
Epistle LXXVIII
To Leo, Bishop in Corsica
Epistle LXXIX
To Martinus, Bishop in Corsica
Epistle LXXX
To the Clergy and Nobles of Corsica
Book II
Epistle III
To Velox, Magister Militium
Epistle VI
To the Neapolitans
Epistle VII
To Maximianus, Bishop of Syracuse
Epistle IX
To the Neapolitans
Epistle X
To Paulus, Bishop of Naples
Epistle XII
To Castorius, Bishop of Ariminum
Epistle XV
To Paul, Bishop
Epistle XVIII
To Natalis, Bishop of Salona
Epistle XIX
To all the Bishops of Dalmatia
Epistle XX
To Antoninus, Subdeacon
Epistle XXII
To all the Bishops of Illyricum
Epistle XXIII
To John, Bishop
Epistle XXVI
To John, Bishop
Epistle XXVII
To Rusticiana, Patrician
Epistle XXIX
To Maurilius and Vitalianus
Epistle XXX
To Maurilius and Vitalianus
Epistle XXXII
To Peter, Subdeacon of Sicily
Epistle XXXIII
To Justinus, Praetor
Epistle XXXIV
To Maximianus, Bishop of Syracuse
Epistle XXXVI
To the Abbot Eusebius
Epistle XXXVII
To John, Bishop of Squillacium (Squillace, in Calabria)
Epistle XLI
To Castorius, Bishop
Epistle XLII
To Luminosus, Abbot
Epistle XLVI
To John, Bishop
Epistle XLVII
To Dominicus, Bishop
Epistle XLVIII
To Columbus, Bishop
Epistle XLIX
To Januarius, Archbishop
Epistle LI
To All Bishops
Epistle LII
To Natalis, Bishop
Epistle LIV
Here follows the Epistle of Saint Licinianus, bishop, concerning the Book of Rules, addressed to Saint Gregory, pope of the city of Rome
Book III
Epistle I
To Peter, Subdeacon
Epistle II
To Paulus, Bishop
Epistle III
To John, Abbot
Epistle V
To Peter, Subdeacon
Epistle VI
To John, Bishop
Epistle VII
To John, Bishop
Epistle VIII
To Natalis, Archbishop
Epistle IX
To Antoninus, Subdeacon
Epistle X
To Savinus, Subdeacon
Epistle XII
To Maximianus, Bishop
Epistle XV
To Scholasticus, Judge
Epistle XXII
To Antoninus, Subdeacon
Epistle XXIX
To the Presbyters and Clergy of Mediolanum (Milan)
Epistle XXX
To John, Subdeacon
Epistle XXXI
To Romanus, Patrician
Epistle XXXII
To Honoratus, Archdeacon
Epistle XXXIII
To Dynamius, Patrician
Epistle XXXV
To Peter, Subdeacon
Epistle XXXVI
To Sabinus, Guardian (Defensorem)
Epistle XXXVIII
To Libertinus, Praefect
Epistle XLV
To Andrew, Bishop
Epistle XLVI
To John, Bishop
Epistle XLVII
To the Clergy of the Church of Salona
Epistle XLVIII
To Columbus, Bishop
Epistle XLIX
To Adeodatus, Bishop
Epistle LI
To Maximianus, Bishop
Epistle LIII
To John, Bishop
Epistle LVI
To John, Bishop
Epistle LVII
From John, Bishop of Ravenna to Pope Gregory
Epistle LIX
To Secundinus, Bishop
Epistle LX
To Italica, Patrician
Epistle LXV
To Mauricius Augustus
Epistle LXVI
To Theodorus, Physician
Epistle LXVII
To Domitian, Metropolitan
Book IV
Epistle I
To Constantius, Bishop
Epistle II
To Constantius, Bishop
Epistle III
To Constantius, Bishop
Epistle IV
To Queen Theodelinda
Epistle V
To Boniface, Bishop
Epistle VI
To Cyprian, Deacon
Epistle VII
To Gennadius, Patrician
Epistle VIII
To Januarius, Bishop
Epistle IX
To Januarius, Bishop
Epistle X
To All the Bishops of Dalmatia
Epistle XI
To Maximianus, Bishop
Epistle XV
To Januarius, Bishop
Epistle XVIII
To Maurus, Abbot
Epistle XX
To Maximus, Pretender (Praesumptorem)
Epistle XXI
To Venantius, Bishop
Epistle XXIII
To Hospito, Duke of the Barbaricini
Epistle XXIV
To Zabardas, Duke of Sardinia
Epistle XXV
To the Nobles and Proprietors in Sardinia
Epistle XXVI
To Januarius, Bishop
Epistle XXVII
To Januarius, Bishop
Epistle XXIX
To Januarius, Bishop
Epistle XXX
To Constantina Augusta
Epistle XXXI
To Theodorus, Physician
Epistle XXXII
To Narses the Patrician
Epistle XXXIII
To Anthemius, Subdeacon
Epistle XXXIV
To Pantaleo, Praefect
Epistle XXXV
To Victor and Columbus, Bishops
Epistle XXXVI
To Leo, Bishop
Epistle XXXVIII
To Queen Theodelinda
Epistle XXXIX
To Constantius, Bishop
Epistle XLVI
To Rusticiana, Patrician
Epistle XLVII
To Sabinianus, Deacon
Book V
Epistle II
To Felix, Bishop, and Cyriacus, Abbot
Epistle IV
To Constantius, Bishop
Epistle V
To Dominicus, Bishop
Epistle VIII
To Cyprian, Deacon
Epistle XI
To John, Bishop
Epistle XV
To John, Bishop
Epistle XVII
To Cyprian, Deacon
Epistle XVIII
To John, Bishop
Epistle XIX
To Sabinianus, Deacon
Epistle XX
To Mauricius Augustus
Epistle XXI
To Constantina Augusta
Epistle XXIII
To Castorius, Notary
Epistle XXV
To Severus, Bishop
Epistle XXVI
To the people of Ravenna
Epistle XXIX
To Vincomalus, Guardian (Defensorem)
Epistle XXX
To Mauricius Augustus
Epistle XXXVI
To Severus, Scholasticus
Epistle XXXIX
To Anastasius, Bishop
Epistle XL
To Mauricius Augustus
Epistle XLI
To Constantina Augusta
Epistle XLII
To Sebastian, Bishop
Epistle XLIII
To Eulogius and Anastasius, Bishops
Epistle XLVIII
To Andrew, Scholasticus
Epistle XLIX
To Leander, Bishop
Epistle LII
To John, Archbishop
Epistle LIII
To Virgilius, Bishop
Epistle LIV
To all the Bishops of the Kingdom of Childebert
Epistle LV
To King Childebert
Epistle LVI
To Marinianus, Bishop
Epistle LVII
To John, Bishop
Epistle LVIII
To all the Bishops throughout Helladia
Book VI
Epistle I
To Marinianus, Bishop
Epistle II
To the Clergy and People of Ravenna
Epistle III
To Maximus of Salona
Epistle V
To Queen Brunichild
Epistle VI
To King Childebert
Epistle VII
To Candidus, Presbyter
Epistle VIII
To the Bishops of Epirus
Epistle IX
To Donus, Bishop
Epistle XII
To Montana and Thomas
Epistle XIV
To the Count Narses
Epistle XV
To John, Bishop
Epistle XVI
To Mauricius, Augustus
Epistle XVII
To Theotistus
Epistle XVIII
To John, Bishop
Epistle XXII
To Peter, Bishop
Epistle XXIV
To Marinianus, Bishop
Epistle XXV
To Maximus of Salona
Epistle XXVI
To the Salonitans
Epistle XXVII
To the Clergy and People of Jadera
Epistle XXIX
To Marinianus, Bishop
Epistle XXX
To Secundus
Epistle XXXII
To Fortunatus, Bishop
Epistle XXXIV
To Castorius, Notary
Epistle XXXV
To Anthemius, Subdeacon
Epistle XXXVII
To Columbus, Bishop
Epistle XLIII
To Venantius, Patrician
Epistle XLIV
To John, Bishop
Epistle XLVI
To Felix, Bishop of Pisaurum (Pesaro)
Epistle XLVIII
To Urbicus, Abbot
Epistle XLIX
To Palladius, Bishop
Epistle L
To Queen Brunichild
Epistle LI
To the Brethren going to England (Angliam)
Epistle LII
To Pelagius and Serenus, Bishops
Epistle LIII
To Virgilius, Bishop
Epistle LIV
To Desiderius and Syagrius, Bishops
Epistle LV
To Protasius, Bishop
Epistle LVI
To Stephen, Abbot
Epistle LVII
To Arigius, Patrician
Epistle LVIII
To Theodoric and Theodebert
Epistle LIX
To Brunichild, Queen of the Franks
Epistle LX
To Eulogius, Bishop
Epistle LXI
To Castorius, Notary
Epistle LXIII
To Gennadius, Patrician
Epistle LXV
To Mauricius, Emperor
Epistle LXVI
To Athanasius, Presbyter
Book VII
Epistle II
To Columbus, Bishop
Epistle IV
To Cyriacus, Bishop
Epistle V
To Cyriacus, Bishop
Epistle VI
To Mauricius Augustus
Epistle VII
To Peter, Domitian, and Elpidius
Epistle XI
To Rufinus, Bishop of Ephesus
Epistle XII
To Respecta, Abbess
Epistle XIII
To Fortunatus, Bishop
Epistle XV
To George, Presbyter
Epistle XVII
To Sabinianus, Bishop
Epistle XIX
To Marinianus, Archbishop
Epistle XX
To the Clergy and People Ariminum
Epistle XXIII
To Fortunatus and Anthemius
Epistle XXV
To Gregoria
Epistle XXVI
To Theoctista, Patrician
Epistle XXVII
To Anastasius, Bishop
Epistle XXVIII
To Theodore, Physician
Epistle XXX
To Narses, the Religious (Narsae Relegioso)
Epistle XXXI
To Cyriacus, Bishop
Epistle XXXII
To Anastasius, Presbyter
Epistle XXXIII
To Mauricius Augustus
Epistle XXXIV
To Eulogius, Bishop
Epistle XXXV
To Dominicus, Bishop
Epistle XXXVIII
To Donus, Bishop
Epistle XXXIX
To John, Bishop
Epistle XL
To Eulogius, Bishop
Epistle XLII
To Marinianus, Bishop
Epistle XLIII
To Marinianus, Bishop
Book VIII
Epistle I
To Peter, Bishop
Epistle II
To Anastasius, Bishop of Antioch
Epistle III
To Donus, Bishop of Messana (in Sicily)
Epistle V
To various Metropolitans and Bishops
Epistle VI
To Amos, Patriarch of Jerusalem
Epistle X
To Sabinianus, Bishop of Jadera
Epistle XIII
To Columbus
Epistle XIV
To Boniface, First Guardian (Defensorem)
Epistle XV
To Marinianus, Bishop of Ravenna
Epistle XVII
To Maurentius
Epistle XVIII
To Agnellus, Bishop of Terracina
Epistle XX
To Marinianus, Bishop of Ravenna
Epistle XXI
To John, Bishop of Syracuse
Epistle XXII
To Rusticiana, Patrician
Epistle XXIII
To Fantinus, Guardian (Defensorem)
Epistle XXIV
To Sabinianus, Bishop of Jadera
Epistle XXIX
To Eulogius, Bishop of Alexandria
Epistle XXX
To Eulogius, Bishop of Alexandria
Epistle XXXIII
To Dominicus
Epistle XXXIV
To John Bishop of Scyllacium
Epistle XXXV
To Leontius, Ex-Consul
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