Letter 4.22 to Bishop Constantius of Milan (May 594)
Gregory the Great implores the bishop of Milan to help the bearer of this letter, Bishop Venantius of Luni, in the investigation of the ecclesiastics of his diocese. Many clerics and religiosi from the city and the territory of Luni are accused of deviating from the religious practices and way of living as sanctioned by the synodal precepts. Everybody whose behaviour is considered suspicious is required to come to Milan where he will be questioned by Bishop Constantius and corrected, if needed, in accordance with the canons.
(ed. Norberg 1982: 240, summarized by J. Szafranowski)