Letter 54: Ined.: ( 2 ). PELAGIUS [PAPA] CONSTANTINO DEFENSORI.
Pelagius [the Pope] to Constantine the defensor [a lay legal agent of the Church]. Romanus, a cleric of the church of Theanum, on account of the crime of adultery which he is reported to have committed, has been deposed from the order of the clergy and, by our command, confined in a monastery, here in the city of Rome, to perform penance; so that, if at any time he should attempt to depart from there and return to Campania, he is to undergo the penalty which has now been tempered by ecclesiastical moderation, and without doubt to suffer exile.
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Latin / Greek Original
Ined.: ( 2 ).
PELAGIUS [PAPA] CONSTANTINO DEFENSORI. Ro- 1
manus, clericus ecclesiae Theanensis, pro crimine adulterii quod
eum admisisse perhibetur, <a> clericatus ordine depositus, in mo¬
nasterio, hic in urbe Roma, ad agendam paenitentiam ex nostra
iussione retrusus est; ita ut, si quando exinde egredi et ad Cam- 2
paniam reuerti temptauerit, poenam, quae nunc ecclesiastica mo¬
deratione temperata est, subeat, et indubitanter patiatur exilium.
fol. 114^: (1-2), C, fol. 106^: (1-2); G fol. 48: (1); H fol. 69^^: (1).
thean. clericus B C^G H teanensis G, tianensis ex tanensis {?) H 8 eum] om. B
CiGH amisisse B depositus] B^ C 2 {parv. ras. post t; ex deposito?^ G:
deposito B C^H 4 urbe romana G H 5 retrusus est {et rei. cum B B^ H) oin. G
egredi et] regredi [et om.] C 4 6 reuerti] in marg. 7 -deracione C 4
paciatur Cg C^.
Tit. Constantino defensori: Idem Campanus defensor, qui iam in
ep. 22,3, p. 69, recordatus est. Cf. quod scripsit P. Kehr, o. c., t. VIII
p. 70,1, qui veri simile putat, eum fuisse illum Consentiam (vel Constan¬
tium) qui, teste S. Gregorio Magno (J-E. 1618; cf. etiam J-E 1619) Reg.,
IX, 93; 94 (E. M. HarTmann, MGH., Epp., t. II, p. 105), antea patrimonii
Campaniae curam gesserat.
1. Romanus clericus: Cui idcirco matrimonimn licitmn manebat;
facilius ideo eius lapsus concipitur. Cf. notulas in ep. 47,2, p. 128.
ecclesiae Theanensis: Teani Sidicini (nunc Teano), in Campania,
cuius, episcopus tunc temporis non fuit Domninus, sicut hucusque cre¬
ditum est. Cf. adnotationes in ep. 93, p. 221. Quoad sedem Teanensem
cf. F. Eanzoni, o. c., p. 186; P. KEHr, o. c., t. VIII, p. 255-259.
a clericatus ordine depositus: Cf. etiam ep. 82,1: in officio esse
dicitur clericatus, et adnotationes in ep. 19,26, p. 61,
PEI.AGII I PAPAE
Episcopo vetitum est ecclesiae suae iura abdicare, posteaquam
eadem confirmata sunt.
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