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ER 2375
Gregory the Great urges Bishop Constantius of Milan (Italy) to aid the bearer of his letter, Bishop Venantius of Luni (near Lukka), and investigate (and correct, if need be) the clerics of the diocese of Luni who are said to transgress the synodal precepts. Gregory the Great, Letter 4.22, AD 594.
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ER 2376
Gregory the Great described to Bishop Januarius of Cagliari (Sardinia) how to choose proper candidates to clergy, so that there will be no need to depose them immediately after ordination. Gregory reluctantly permits presbyters, if a bishop is lacking, to baptize with chrism and on the forehead. Gregory the Great, Letter 4.26, AD 594.
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ER 2377
Gregory the Great attests that a presbyter guards the chains of Saint Paul. He uses a file to distribute the collected filings among the faithful. Gregory the Great, Letter 4.30, AD 594.
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ER 2378
Gregory the Great informs the clerics of Ortona that because of their bishop`s death he had sent another bishop for visitation. He will have the right to ordain presbyters and bishops. Clerics backing the lay candidate in the forthcoming election of the new bishop will be demoted and excommunicated. Gregory the Great, Letter 4.39, AD 594.
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ER 2379
Gregory the Great asks Bishop Maximian of Syracuse (Sicily) on behalf of Bishop Bacauda of Fermia (north of Naples) to send back any clerics who started their service in Fermia, but then were ordained to higher ecclesiastical ranks in different parts of Sicily. This is because there are no presbyters nor deacons left in Fermia. Gregory the Great, Letter 4.42, AD 594.
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ER 2380
Gregory the Great orders Bishop John of Ravenna (Italy) to put an end to the practice of admitting to monasteries laymen and active clerics which did not wish to follow a monastic way of life. Gregory is particularly against investing in abbatial office clerics who continue to perform ecclesiastical services outside the monastery. Gregory the Great, Letter 5.1, AD 594.
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ER 2381
Gregory the Great informs Bishop Victor of Palermo (Sicily) that the presbyter Gregory, after doing penance in Rome, will be once again installed in the monastery of which he was once an abbot, but now as a regular monk. Gregory the Great, Letter 5.4, AD 594.
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ER 2382
Gregory the Great orders Bishop Venantius of Luni (Italy) to take action against ex-presbyter Saturninus who, despite demotion, continues to celebrate Eucharist on the island of Gorgona near Pisa. Gregory the Great, Letter 5.5, AD 594.
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ER 2383
Presbyter Maximianus and Deacon Andrew bring to Gregory the Great a letter from the bishops of Illyricum. Gregory the Great, Letter 5.10, AD 594.
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ER 2384
Gregory the Great warns Bishop John of Prima Justiniana (Illyricum) against illegal ordination of clergy due to the dangers of simony. Gregory the Great, Letter 5.16, AD 594.
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ER 2385
Gregory the Great informs Bishop Venantius of Luni (Italy) that ex-presbyter Saturninus, although forbidden to offer Eucharist, is permitted to govern the monasteries on the islands of Gorgona and Capraria. Gregory sent his "Regula Pastoralis" to Presbyter Columbanus. Gregory the Great, Letter 5.17, AD 594.
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ER 2386
The Homoian cleric Minnulus from Ravenna, son of the presbyter Cristodorus, writes down a document of the sale of the land from the Domitian estate to Isacius, soap-maker from Classis near Ravenna (Italy). The document on papyrus produced in Classis near Ravenna (Italy), after 16 July 541, originally a part of the gesta records.
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ER 2387
Sixteen Homoian clerics of the church of Anastasia in Ravenna (Italy), among them two presbyters Optarit and Vitalianus, sign the document which confirms the sale of land belonging to the church to the defensor Peter. The document on papyrus produced in Ravenna in 551.
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ER 2388
DRAFT Jerome of Stridon confirm that bishops lay hands on the people who have been baptized by the presbyters and deacons. Jerome, The Dialogue Against the Luciferians, written probably in Antioch, ca AD 379.
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ER 2389
DRAFT Jerome of Stridon compares the Church to Noah's Ark, with the deacons, presbyters and bishops at its summit. Jerome, The Dialogue Against the Luciferians, written probably in Antioch, ca AD 379.
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ER 2390
Draft: Presbyters Desiderius and Riparius inform Jerome of Stridon about the errors of Vigilantius.
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ER 2391
Draft: Jerome of Stridon, a presbyter, writes to Pope Damasus, asking him to send the answer by the presbyter Evagrius. Jerome, Letter 15, AD 367/377.
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ER 2392
Draft: Epifanius, bishop of Salamina (Cyprus) explains the reasons for ordaining Paulinianus as presbyter; among them that Jerome and Vincentius did not perform presbiterial duties. Letter 51 in the correspondence of Jerome, AD 394.
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ER 2393
Draft: Jerome of Stridon, writes to Nepotian, presbyter in Altinum (North Italy), about the duties of the presbyters. Jerome, Letter 52, AD 394.
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ER 2394
DRAFT: Jerome, presbyter in Bethlehem, writes to Pammachius about the requirement of chastity for higher clergy. Jerome, Letter 49, .