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{{Chapter LAT-EN|Daniel G. König|Gregorius Magnus, ''Registrum Epistularum'', ed. Ludwig Hartmann (MGH Epp. in Quart 2: Gregorii papae registrum epistolarum, libri VIII-XIV), Berlin: Weidmann, 1899, lib. X, cap. 16 (a. 600), p. 251, trans. Daniel G. König.|De Anamundaro autem quae scripsistis fecimus, sed voluntatem utinam sequatur effectus, quia, quantum ad nos pertinet, afflictis intercessionis nostrae solacium non negamus.|With regard to al-Munḏir, we have done what you have written. If only this wish would be brought to execution. For as far as we are concerned, we have not denied the comfort of our intercession to the afflicted.|5===The Author & his/her Work== | {{Chapter LAT-EN|Daniel G. König|Gregorius Magnus, ''Registrum Epistularum'', ed. Ludwig Hartmann (MGH Epp. in Quart 2: Gregorii papae registrum epistolarum, libri VIII-XIV), Berlin: Weidmann, 1899, lib. X, cap. 16 (a. 600), p. 251, trans. Daniel G. König.|''De Anamundaro autem quae scripsistis fecimus, sed voluntatem utinam sequatur effectus, quia, quantum ad nos pertinet, afflictis intercessionis nostrae solacium non negamus.''|With regard to al-Munḏir, we have done what you have written. If only this wish would be brought to execution. For as far as we are concerned, we have not denied the comfort of our intercession to the afflicted.|5===The Author & his/her Work== | ||
Gregory I (sed. 590-604) came from a wealthy Roman senatorial family, probably assumed the office of Roman city prefect in 573 and founded seven monasteries with the help of his father's inheritance, six of them in Sicily. Ordained deacon by Pope Pelagius in 579, he was sent to Constantinople during the reign of Emperor Tiberios (r. 574-578 as co-regent, 578-582 as sole ruler), where he asked first Tiberios, then Maurikios (r. 582-602) for help. 582-602) for help against the Lombards, before he was recalled in 586 and elected Pope in 590.<ref name="ftn1">Richards, Gregor I., col. 1663.</ref> The letter to Innocentius, praefectus Africae, written in July 600, is part of Gregory’s huge collection of letters. | Gregory I (sed. 590-604) came from a wealthy Roman senatorial family, probably assumed the office of Roman city prefect in 573 and founded seven monasteries with the help of his father's inheritance, six of them in Sicily. Ordained deacon by Pope Pelagius in 579, he was sent to Constantinople during the reign of Emperor Tiberios (r. 574-578 as co-regent, 578-582 as sole ruler), where he asked first Tiberios, then Maurikios (r. 582-602) for help. 582-602) for help against the Lombards, before he was recalled in 586 and elected Pope in 590.<ref name="ftn1">Richards, Gregor I., col. 1663.</ref> The letter to Innocentius, praefectus Africae, written in July 600, is part of Gregory’s huge collection of letters. | ||