INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
Ablatae, some form of payment, 190 n.
Adeodatus, Bishop in Numidia, 134, 158 n.; highly spoken of by Gregory, 135.
Adeodatus, deacon, 164, 199, 207.
Admcnitions, for different classes, 24 sq.
Adolescentia, term explained, 54 n.
Adrian, Bp. of Thebas, 123 n.
Adversity, to be despised by the Christian, 3.
^Etherius, Bishop of Lyons, had letter from Gregory, xxvi.
Agapitus, Abbot of St. George, complains to Gregory, 78.
Agilulf, Lombard king, xix, xx, 145, 145 n., 174, 198; called Ago, 145; disposed to be favourable, 174.
Agnellus, Bishop of Terracina, letter to, 236.
Agnoitae, heretics, ix.
Alcissonus, Bishop of Epirus, letter to, 190.
Alfred, King, translated Gregory's Kegula, xxxi.
Amandinus, ex-presbyter and ex-abbot, 162.
Ambitious, the, promise themselves to be beneficent, 6.
Ambrose, quoted as authoritative, 120.
Amos, patriarch of Jerusalem, letter to, 233.
Anastasius, ex-patriarch of Antioch, recognized by Gregory, xvii, 76; letters to, xxiii sq.: 76, 80, 82, 174, 178, 226, 231; notes on his life, 76 n. 5 restored to office, 174.
Anastasius, Bishop of Corinth, letter to, 82 ; notes on his life, 181, 181 n.
Anastasius, presbyter, letter to, 224.
Anatolius, deacon and aprocrisiarius,
239,239 n. cilia
Ancilla Dei, term explained, 92 n.
Andrew, Bishop of Nicopolis, letter to, 233.
Andrew, Bishop of Tarentum, letter to, 132; had a concubine, 132.
Andrew, scholastic us, letter to, 180.
Angaria, forced services, 161 n.
Anthemius, sub-deacon, letter to, 86, 87»94» 157.200,218.
Antoninus, sub-deacon, letter to, 105, 127, 128; his ecclesiastical position, 105, 105 n., 127 n., 138.
Apocrisiarius, term explained, xv, 207, 239 n.
Arigius, Bishop of Vapincum, xxv.
Arigius, patrician of Gaul, letter to, 205.
Anminum, letter to the clergy and laity of, 218.
Aristobulus, ex-prefect and anti-graphus, letter to, 83.
Ariulph, Lombard, duke of Spole-tum, 101, 113, 175.
Arsicinus, duke, letter to, 95.
Asylum, its law for refugees, 237.
Athanasius, presbyter, letter to, 208 ; appeal heard and sentence reversed, xiii.
Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, quoted as authoritative, 120.
Augustine, of Canterbury, heads the Anglian mission, xxv. sq., 202 sq.; has letters commendatory, xxv, 202 sq.; where consecrated, xxv, 240; received a copy of Gregory's Regula, xxxi; was bearer of letters, 202 sq.
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Bacauda, Bishop, letter to, 77.
Bacanda, late Xenodochus, his will valid, 77.
Baptism, anointing in, xxii, 153 n.; Lombards invited for their children's sake, 78 ; under Episcopal authority, 83 n.; by three immersions, 88; how administered, 153 n.; when administered, 238.
Baptisteries and fonts, 139, i53n., 194, 231.
Benedict, Saint, of Nursia, xiii, xiv.
Benedictio, a present, 151 n., 15611., 175 n.
Bertha, Anglian queen, xxvi, xxvi n.
Bishops, their election, 101 n., 102, 106,131,213 n.; had authority in baptism, 83 n., 153 n.
Bishops, letter addressed to all, 117.
Blandus, Bishop of Hortanum, 83.
Boniface, Bishop of Regium, letter to, 146.
Boniface, first Guardian, letter to,
235-
Bounty, royal, distribution of, 174.
Breastplate, its purpose and meaning, 9 n.
British Church, independent of Rome, xi; in communion with Rome, xiv, xxv.
Brunebild, queen, xxvi, 189 n.; letters to, xxvi, xxvii; 189, 202, 205; her history, xxx, 189 n.
Candidus, presbyter, Gregory's agent in Gaul, 189, 189 n., 190.
Captives, Ghristian, redeemed, 200, 216, 222, 238; redeemed by the sale of church plate, 228.
Cardinal, bishops, presbyters and deacons, 100 n.
Carthage, synod at, against the Donatists, 163 n.
Castorius, Bishop of Ariminum, letters to, 103, in, 112; restrained by Gregory, 113, 198.
Castorius, notary letters to, 173,199, 207; attempted identification, 198 n.
Chains and keys with filings from S. Peter's chains, 82, 130,243.
Childebert, king of the Franks, 182, 183, 189 n.; letter to all the Bishops of the kingdom of, 183; notes on his history, 183, 189 n.; letters to, 184, 190,
Church funds how divided, 149.
Clementina, patrician, letter to, 78.
Clerical celibacy, 95, 95 n., 132; discipline, 131, 132, 149, 154, 161, 162, 181, 182; attention to duties, 149.
Clotaire, written to, xxvi.
Columbanus, Irish missionary, xi, xxvii; was written to, xxvii.
Columbus, Bishop in Numidia, let ters to, 115, 134, 158, 200, 210 234; friend of Gregory anc trusted, 147, 210.
Commissus, scholasticus, no.
Confirmation by Bishops and by priests, 153 n.
Constantina, Abbess, 191.
Constantina, Empress, xx, xxiii, 171 n.; letters to, 154, 171.
onstantinople, the church at, xv, xxi; claims of its Bishops resisted by Gregory, xxii; its relation to the pope of Rome, 135 n., 166 sq., 192, 192 n.; its Bishops appointed by the Emperor, 213 n.
!onstantius, Bishop of Milan, letters to, 144, 144, 145, 159, 162, 233.
!ontentious and peaceable differently admonished, 48. Conversion, a turning to the monastic life, 202. Corn sent from Sicily to Rome, 88
sq. Correction and connivance, how to
be related, 20. Corsica, letters to the clergy and
nobles of, 100.
Council, annual, to be held in Sicily, 78; of Chalcedon, 145, 14511., 188, 192 n.
Councils, the four CEcumenical upheld by Gregory, 81, 159, 160, 188. Cross, the true, and oil from it,
243, 243 n.
Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, opposed the pope, xi. Cyprian, deacon, letters to, 146, 163,
165.
Cyriacus, archbishop of Constantinople, ix, xxiii, 225 ; letters to 210, 212,224; succeeded John, 209 n
Cyriacus, ecclesiastic sent out by Gregory, 151, 152, 162; letter to 162.
Dalmatia, letters to the Bishops of, 104, 148; was troubled by Natalis, Bishop of Salona, 104.
Defensor, guardian, vii, 173 n.; his duties, 235.
Demetrius, Bishop of Epirus, letter to, 190.
Demetrius deprived of the priesthood, 101.
Descent into hell by Christ, discussed, 216.
Desiderius, Bishop of Vienne, xxvi; letter to, 204.
Dominicus, Bishop of Carthage, letters to, 114, 163, 227, 241; notes on his history, 114 n.
Domitian, metropolitan of Roman Armenia, letter to, 142, 142 n.
Domitian, Bishop, letter to, 214 214 n.
Donatist heresy and schism, x, 98 n. 116, 116 n., 163 n., 201 ; imperial edicts against, 157 n.
Donat.us, Bishop in Africa, 114.
Donus, Bishop of Messana, letter to 191, 228, 232; received the pal Hum, 191.
Dynamius, patrician, letter to, 130.
Eastern Empire, vi, vii. Eleutherius, monk, xiv. Elpidius, Bishop, letter to, 214. Emphyteusis, a land tenure, 150 n. England, letters to the brethren going to, 202 sq.
nglish mission sent from Rome, xiv, xxv, 202 sq.; reports sent back regarding the baptisms of the Angli, 240.
Epirus, letter to the Bishops of, 190.
Ethelbert of Kent receives S. Augustine, xxv, xxvi, xxvi n.
Eudoxius, heretic, 212 n., 226, 240. ulogius, Bishop of Alexandria, xii, xvii, xxiii, xxiv, xxv ; applied to Gregory for a copy of Eusebius' Acts of the Martyrs, 239; instructed Gregory about the Eu-doxian heresy and Eudoxius, 240; letters to, 80, 178, 206, 226, 228, 239, 240.
Eusebia, daughter of Rusticiana, 237.
^usebius, Bishop of Thessalonica, letter to, 233.
Eusebius, abbot, 109; letter to, in.
Example is the pastor's power, 2.
Fantinus, guardian, letter to, 238. Farm questions and affairs, 77, 85,
88 sq., 108 sq., 123, 153, 164. Felix, Bishop of Messana, letter to,
97-
Felix, Bishop in Sardinia, 151, 162, 162 n.; letter to, 162.
Felix, Bishop of Pesaurum, 201.
Fervor and gentleness, how admonished, 20.
Florentinus, deacon at Ravenna, 199.
Fortunatus, Bishop of Faunum, letter to, 216.
Fortunatus, Bishop of Neapolis, letter to, 199.
Fortunatus appealed to Gregory, 160, 163.
Forward and faint-hearted differently admonished, 29.
Gaudiosus, presbyter, conditions of his will, 192.
Gaul, the church in, xi, xxiv, 182 sq., 182 n. : had a claim on the pallium, xxiv, 184 ; pedigree-table of its kings, xxx ; relation of its church to Rome, 182 sq., 182 n.; church perhaps of Asiatic origin, 182 n.
Gennadius, patrician and exarch of Africa, letters to, 96, 98, 98.
Gentleness mingled with severity, 16.
George, presbyter, letter to, 216.
Good in beginning, and slow in finishing, different admonitions for, 66.
Gordianus, father of S. Gregory, xiii, xiv.
Goths in Italy, vi.
Government, its cares and dangers, 3.
Gregoria, letter to, 219.
Gregory, Bishop of Antioch, xvii; letter to, 80.
Gregory of Agrigentum, 97, 127.
Gregory of Nazianzen, quoted as an authority, 120.
Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, as an administrator, vii sq., 77 ; as a pope, ix sq., xvii sq., xxvii; his views upon the papacy, xi, xii; his birth and education, xiii; his father a patrician, xiii, xiv ; his mother Silvia, xiv ; his
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three sisters, religious, xiv ; his severe self-training, xiv, xv; founded monasteries, xiv ; was made one of the seven deacons, xv; his promotion at Rome, xv ; was sent to Constantinople, xv; his influence at the court, xv, xxvii, 236; his special studies, xv ; had a dispute with Euty-chius, the Bishop of Constantinople, xvi; returned to Rome and was made abbot, xvi; made pope against his will and effort, xvi; summary of events in his pontificate, xvii; arrangement of his writings, xvii sq.; his pontificate, xvii sq., xxvii, 135 ; his efforts for the oppressed, xviii, 79 ; his care for the subject sees, xviii, xxvii, 79, 135 ; his severity with criminous Bishops, xviii, 177 ; his contests with the Lombards, xix ; protests against the assumption of " Universal Bishop," xxii sq. ; summary of his correspondence, xxii sq.; sends the pallium to Vigilius, xxiv; sends Augustine and other teachers to England, xxv sq. ; his connection with Phocas, xxvii sq. ; his adulation of the royal family excused, xxviii, 177 n., 189,189 n.; he dies, xxix; his character, xxix, xxx, 77, 79, 1 154, 177 ; his book Liber Regula Pastoralis, xxxi, sq. ; stands by the Four Councils, 81; his liberality in giving, 86 ; his care to prevent exactions, 88 sq.; complains to the Emperor, 140, 176 sq. ; redeems captives, 200; has scarcity of knowledge, 213 n., 226, 240.
Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, quoted as authoritative, 120 ; his work on Origen's, 121.
Honoratus, deacon and aprocrisia-rius, 76 n. ; letter to, 94.
Honoratus, arch-deacon at Salona, 79, 103, 104, 105, 130, 133 ; letter to, 79, 130.
Horse-breeding on the pope's farms, 108.
Hospito, duke of the Barbaricini, letter to, 151.
Humble and haughty differently admonished, 41.
Humility in the pastoral office, 1 sq.
Hypocrites and their opposites differently admonished, 68.
Ignorant in the law, and the proud
professor, differently admon
ished, 51. Illyrian churches and their troubles
xxi. Illyricum, letter to the Bishops of
105; notes upon their condi
tion, 105 n. Impatient and patient, differently
admonished, 29. Imperfections that debar from office.
Impudent and bashful, differentlj admonished, 28.
ndiction as a means of dating,
xvii. Infant baptism, 78, 83, 88, 153,
1 S3 n-
Intemperate and temperate, differently admonished, 43.
Istria, Bishops of, 117 n.
Italica, patrician, letter to, 139 ; possibly identified, 139 n.
Italy, letter to all the Bishops of, 78.
Jadara, letter to the clergy and people of, 197 ; its identification, 197 n.
Januarius, Bishop of Cagliari, xviii. 94, 162, 237 ; carried news to Gregory, 94; was summoned before Gregory, 131 ; letters to, 96, 96, 116, 147, 147, 149, 152,
Jews are not to possess Christian slaves, xxi, 77 n., 151, 199, 237 ; seduce Christians to worship with them, 131 ; are likely to be converted, 199, 238 ; as requiring baptism, 238 ; apply for a licence to build their synagogue,
77-
Jobinus, ex-deacon and ex-abbot, 162.
John, Bishop of Calliopolis, letter to, 132.
John Jejunator, archbishop of Constantinople, xvii, xxii, xxiii, 135 n.; letters to, 74,80, 135, 166, 193; his death, xxiii, 209 n.; account of 135 n., 178; written to by Gregory on questions of precedence and jurisdiction, 166.
John, Bishop of Jerusalem, xvii; letter to, 80.
John, "archbishop of the Corinthians," letter to, 181, 185, 233; received the pallium, 187.
John, Bishop of Larissa, was proceeded against, 186; letters to, 125, 233.
John, Bishop of Laurinum, no.
John,Bishop of Prima Justiniana, letters to, 106, 106, 123, 233; mention of, 125.
John, Eishop of Ravenna, xxxi, 138 n.; receives Gregory's Re-gula, xxxi, 1; as claiming to be a metropolitan, 136 n., 138 sq.; not quite friendly with Gregory, 164, 188; letters to, 131, 136, 164, 164; letter from, 138; dies, 173; his will, 188; as himself appealed from, 188.
John, Bishop of Squillaceum, letter to, in, 241.
John, Bishop of Syracuse, letters to, 194, 201, 228, 237; succeeded by John, 165, 201 n.; 237.
John, Bishop of Urbs Vetus, letter to, 78.
John Cretensi Scoritano, metropolitan, letter to, 233.
John, abbot in Syracuse, letter to, 123; was elected Bishop, 201 n.
John, deacon, Gregory's biographer, xiv, xv.
John, monk, left Faustinus, his executor, 92.
John, presbyter of Chalcedon, appealed, xiii, 193, 193 n.
John, sub-deacon of Milan, letter to, 129.
Joyful and sad are differently admonished, 26.
Juliana, abbess of the monastery of S. Vitus, 93.
Justin II., Emperor, xiv.
Justinian, the Emperor, x, 145.
Justinus, praetor of Sicily, letters to, 73' 1I0-
Keys of S. Peter's tomb and filings from them, 82, 130, 243; perform miracles, 221.
Kindly disposed and envious are differently admonished, 32.
Lamenting and not abstaining, or abstaining and not lamenting, 61.
Lapsingfrom the faith, 131, 152, 153.
Laurentius, Bishop of Milan, 129, 130, 159.
Laurentius, missionary sent to Anglia, xxvi, xxvi n.
Leander, Bishop of Seville (His-palis), xi, xv, xxxi, 121; received Gregory's Regula, xxxi, 181 ; letters to, 87, 181; suggested the Moralia, xxxi, 87 n.
Leo, Bishop of Catanea, 97, no; letter to, 158.
Leo, Bishop in Corsica, 99.
Leontia, Empress and wife of Phocas, xxvii, xxviii; letters to, are mentioned, xxvii, xxviii.
Leontius, ex-consul, letter to, 242.
Leuparic, presbyter, church-builder, 202.
Liber Regula Pastoralis, account of, xxxi sq., 119, 119 n.
Liberal and covetous, differently admonished, 44.
Libertinus, prefect, letter to, 131.
Licinianus, Bishop of Carthagena, xxxi, 119 n.; letter from, 119; note on his history, 119 n.
Lombards in Italy, vi sq., xix, xx, 175 sq.; their odious savagery, vi, xix, 94 n., 172, 221; feared at Rome, vi, xv, 175 sq.; were invited to the Catholic faith for the baptism of their infants, 78; were calmed by Gregory, 176 sq.
Luminosus, abbot in Ariminum, in, 112 ; letter to, 113.
Magnus, presbyter of Milan, 129.
Malchus, Bishop of Dalmatia, 105, 105 n, 128, 133, 161.
Manichseans, 163.
Manumission of slaves, 192.
Marcellus, pro-consul of Dalmatia, 128 n.
Marinianus, Bishop of Ravenna, succeeded John, 173 n., 181 n., 198,199, 237 ; was appealed to by his clergy, 188, 194; letters to, 18;, 188, 194, 198, 217, 229, 233,
23S 237-
Marinianus, Bishop of Tunis, 96. Marinianus, abbot in Sicily, 109. Marriage contracted by monks, 91;
if entered before ordination, 95.
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Married and single differently admonished, 56.
Martinus, Bishop in Corsica, 100.
Matricula, the roll of widows, 132 n.
Maurentius, magister militum, letter to and identification, 236.
Mauricius, Emperor, xiii, xxiii, 125 n., 174, 175 ; received a copy of the Regula, xxxi; was complained to by Gregory, 140, 169, 193 sq., 208; letters to, 140, 169, 174, 175, 193, 208, 213, 225.
Maurilius, Roman general, 101; evidently a trusted Christian, 107 ; letter to, 107.
Maurus, Abbot, letter to, 150.
Maximianus, Bishop of Syracuse, xviii, 109, in, 115, 135 ; notes on his life, 102 n.; letters to, 102, no, 127, 135, 149; his death, 165; was succeeded by John, 165, 201 n., 237.
Maximus, Bishop of Salona, xi; letter to him as pretender or intruder in Salona, 150, 189, 195; was prevaricator, 161; was ordained irregularly, 172; was in vain written to, by Gregory, 189, 195,196; letters to, 189, 195.
Measures made variable by the farmers, 89 n.
Meek and passionate differently admonished, 39.
Mediolanum, letter to the presbyters and clergy of, 128; account of the see of Milan, 128 n.; Gregory's attitude towards, 129 sq.
Mellitus of the Anglian Mission, letter sent to, xxvi.
Miracles, later, 82, 82 n., 135, 135 n., 154 sq., 221, 240, 243.
Miserly men and violent differently admonished, 47.
Monasteries and their privileges, 112, 148, 235, 241 n, 242.
Monasticism, xiv sq., xviii, xxvii, 84 n., 112, 148, 150, 235.
Monks, their irregularities, xviii, 91 ; not allowed to wander, 87; sometimes married, 91 ; sometimes retained control of their property, 92, 92 n.
Monophysites, the, x, 165 n.
Montana, letter to, 191.
Musicus, abbot of the monastery of Agilitanus, 162, 162 n.
Narses, patrician, letter to, 76, 157, 192; perhaps identified, 76 n.
Narses, religiosus, letter to, 222; succeeded Gregory as pope, 222 n.
Natalis, Bishop of Salona, xiii, xviii, 103, 104, 105, 114, 127, 130, 132 n., 149; letters to, 79, 80, 103, 118, 126; note on his career, 79 n.; Metropolitan of Dalmatia, 126 n., 127 n.; his death reported by Gregory, 128 ; his successor irregularly appointed, 172.
Neapolitans, letter to the, 101.
Nonnosus, abbot, reputed miracle-worker, 135, 135 n.
Numidia, letter to the Bishop of,
99; its sees and their relation to Rome, 157 n. Nuns, when out of rule, 147, 148.
Obstinate and fickle differently admonished, 42.
CEcumenical Bishop, a title claimed by Constantinople, xxii.
Oil of the Cross, 243, 243 n.
Ordinations to be open and honest, 106, 183, 230; not to be sudden or per saltum, 183, 184, 185, 230.
Ordo, force of the word, 101 n.
Palladius, Bishop of Santones, letter to, 202.
Pallium, equivalent to the breastplate and to the rationale, 9 n.; as an ecclesiastical ornament, 83, 185, 191 ; claimed for Gaul and Ravenna, 185, 185 n., 191; sent to Aries, xxiv, 184; sent to Corinth, 186, 187 ; sent to Mes-sana, 191.
Pantaleo, prefect, letter to, 157.
Papal, the patrimony and its management, vii, xvii sq., 77, 85, 88 sq; jurisdiction in Italy, x; jurisdiction widening, x sq., xxiii, xxiv, 100, 115; the power in elections, 101 n.
Pastor, his rule and type, 9 sq.; always foremost in activity, 10 ; discreet in silence and profitable in speech, 11; compassionate and contemplative, 12; friend of the good and apart from evil, 14 sq. ; must consider outward things and inward, 17 ; should please and yet not aim at pleasing, 19; as a casuist, 20 ; as seen in teaching, 24 sq.; as a student of the Sacred Law, 23.
Pastoral office carried out in humility, 1 sq.
Patriarchates, the, xi sq., xvii.
Patrician, force of the word, 204 n.
Paul, Bishop of Nepe, commended to the Neapolitans, 102; assaulted at the Lucullan Fort, 122; letter to, 102, 122; note upon, 102 n., 106, 122.
Paul, Bishop, of Numidia, xxii, 157 n-
Paul, scholasticus, letter to, 74.
Pelagians, 192.
Pelagius I., upheld "The Three Chapters," 117 n.
Pelagius II., predecessor of Gregory, xvi,
Pelagius, Bishop of Constantinople, 178.
Pelagius, Bishop of Turin or Tours, letter to, 203.
Peter, Bishop of Aleria, letters to, 104. 231.
Peter, Bishop of Terracina, 77.
Peter, Bishop, letter to, 214.
Peter, sub-deacon, much trusted by Gregory, viii, xv; letters to, 77, 79, 85, 86, 93, 95,97, 108, 122, 123, 131.
Petrine claims, xi sq., 228; claims over Constantinople, xiii; not
accepted by the Eastern church, xiii sq.
Petronilla, made her monastic profession, 146.
Philip, Bishop of Epirus, letter to, 190.
Phocas, Emperor, letter sent to, xxvii; his cruelties, xxviii.
Pompeiana, had a monastery in her house, 93; appealed to Gregory for protection, 97.
Poor and rich differently admonished, 25.
Praise of unlawful things considered, 63.
Prayers made on behalf of the Emperor, ix, x.
Preaching, differently regarded, 5, 52 sq.; as declined in great humility or as hastily run after, 52; adapted to different classes and cases, 52 sq., 69; requires tact and caution, 70; to be done in charity, 71; to be based upon self-preaching, 71.
Precaria, supplies, 113 n.
Presbyter peregriuns, r5o.
Presbyterium, a salary, 108.
Priest, if lapsed, how to be dealt with, 91.
Priesthood, its responsibilities, 115.
Prima Justiciana, account of the see, 123, 123 n.
Primates, in Africa, 134 n., 158 n.
Primicerius, chief, 137 n.
Processio, as a celebration of the mass, 113 n.
Prosperity to be feared, 3.
Protasius, Bishop of Aix, letter to, 204.
Quodvultdeus, Bishop in Africa, 114.
P.avenna, Exarchate of, 136 sq.; jealous of Rome and her bishop, xi, xxi, 136 sq. ; letter to the clergy and people of, 188; letter to the people of, 173.
Rechared, king of the Visigoths in Spain. 88, 88 n.
Relics, 82, 82 n., 103 n., 123, 130, 150, 154 sq., 243 ; how to be treated with reverence, 155.
Religiosi ecclesias, what they are, 96 n., 183 n., 222 n.
Repenters of deeds and those of thoughts differently admonished, 60, 220.
Respecta, Abbess of Marseilles, letter to, 215.
Roman Church, her patrimony, vii 88 sq., 88 n.; not submitted to by the Eastern, xiii, 195; her precedency fixed at the Council of Chalcedon, 178 sq., 192 n.; her jurisdiction in Gaul, 180 sq.
Romanus, patrician and Exarch of Italy, 83,113, 161, 180; as an oppressor, 178; letters to, 82,130.
Romanus, keeper of the guest-chamber, 109.
Rome, her relation to the empire, vi, vii; her relation to Constantinople, xiii, xxi, 135 n., 166 sq., 192, 192 n.; is besieged by the,
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Lombards, xix; depends on
Sicily for corn, 74 n. Rufinus, Bishop of Ephesus, letter
to, 215.
Rulers, models for, 7. Rules, Gregory's book of, xxxi sq.,
up, 119 n.
Rustici andcoloni, 153 n., 164. Rusticiana, patrician, letters to, 107,
160, 237 ; note on her life, 107 n.
Sabinianus, Bishop of Jadara, letters
to, 217, 224, 238; urged to
fidelity in his office, 234; had
consulted Gregory, 238, 239. Sabinianus, deacon, letters to, 161,
168; the pope's aprocrisiarius at
Constantinople, 169 n., 171, 206,
233; took charge of a letter,
xxiii, 169. Sabinus, guardian of Sardinia, letter
to, 131.
Sacerdotium, the Episcopate, 101. Saints and their relics, xxii, 82. Saints-days, 86. Salona in Dalmatia, account of the
see and its troubles, 103 n.,
132 n., 149.
Salonitans, letter to the, 196. Salpingus, a Jew, 91. Salutatio, what it is, 185. Sanctuaria, holy things like relics,
103 n. Sardinia, letters to the nobles and
proprietors in, 152. Saturninus, ex-presbyter, 162. Savinus, subdeacon, letter to, 127. Scholasticus, one learned in the law,
no n., 174, 176 n., 180 n. Scholasticus, judge in Campania,
122; letter to, 127. Scribo, recruiting officer, 109 n.;
royal almoner, 174. Sebastian, Bishop of Ariminum,
letter to, 218. Sebastian, Bishop of Rhisinum,
letter to, 83. Sebastian, Bishop of Sirmium,
letter to, 178. Secretarium, chamber for the vestments, 137 n., 186 n. Secundinus, Bishop of Tauromen-
ium, letter to, 139; gave a report
to Gregory, 186. Secundus, cleric at Ravenna, letter
to, 198. Serenus, Bishop of Marseilles, xxvii,
• 203 ; letter to, 203. " Servus Servorum Dei," story of
the phrase, 78 n. Servants and masters differently
admonished, 36. Severus, Bishop of Aquileia, letters
to, 78, 95; caused a schism, 78 n., 113 n., 114 n. Severus, Bishop of Ficulum, letter, 173; delegated to visit Ravenna,
Severus Scholasticus, letter to, 174.
Sicily, letter to the Bishop of, 78; its value to Rome for corn, 74, 88 sq.; how it fell to the Roman church, 88 n.
Silent and talkative, differently admonished, 36.
Silvia, Gregory's mother, xiv.
Simony, in the churches of Gaul and Germany, 182.
Simple and crafty differently admonished, 33.
Sin, from sudden impulse or deliberately, 64; small and frequent, or seldom and grievous, 65; experienced in and innocent, differently admonished, 58.
Slaves, conditions of their manumission, 192; if found as refugees in asylums, 237.
Slothful and hasty differently admonished, 38.
Spain, the church in, xi.
Stephen, abbot of Lerins, letter to, 204.
Strife-makers and peace-makers, differently admonished, 50.
Subjects and prelates, differently admonished, 26.
Successful and unsuccessful differently admonished, 54.
Suffragium, a payment to the imperial government, 177 n.
Syacrius, Bishop of Antun, letter to, 204.
Symmachus, the defensor, letter to, 94.
Temporalities of a vacant see are
cared for, 128, 173. Thebae Phthioticae, account of its
see, 123 n. Theoctista, sister of the Emperor
Maurice, xv, xviii, 219, 223;
letters to, 74, 219. Theodebert II., king of Australia,
205 n.; letter to, 205. Theodelinda, Lombard queen, vi, ix,
xx, xxi, 144; letter to, 145, 159;
notes on her life, 149 n. Theoderic II., king of Burgundy,
xxvi; letter to, 205. Theodorus, Bishop of Epirus, letter
to, 190. Theodorus, Bishop of Mopsuestia,
117 n. Theodorus, court physician, 76 n.,
141, 222; letters to, 141, 156,
222 ; was reproved by Gregory, 156.
Theodosia, an heiress, 147, 149, 162.
" The Three Chapters," controversy upon, x, xviii, xxi, 113 n., 114 n., 117 n., 127, 127 n., 144, 145, 159, 188 n.
Theotistus, kinsman of the emperor, letter to, 194.
Thomas, letter to, 191.
Timid and hardened, differently admonished, 36.
Timothea in Ariminum, petitions for consecration of her oratory, 103.
Tithes, as paid in Sicily, 88 n.
Traditions and customs, 99, 160,164, 182.
Trinity, doctrine taught in Abraham, 118.
Tunic of St. John, 123, 123 n.
Unction, 153 n.
" Universal Bishop," controversy upon the term, xiv, xxii, 166 sq., 171 n., 171 sq., 178 sq., 226, 241.
Urbicus, abbot, letter to, 202.
Urbicus, Bishop of Dyracchium, letter to, 233.
Urim and Thummim, 10 n.
Velox, magister militum, letter to,
101. Venantius, Bishop of Luna, letter
to, 151.
Vices, differently handled, 70. Victor of Panormus, 97. Victor, African Bishop, letter to,
158. Vigilius, pope, x, 117 ; notes on his
life, 117 n. Vincolmalus, Defensor, letter to,
173-
Virgilius, Bishop of Aries, receives
the pallium, xxiv, xxvi; letters
to, 93, 182, 203.
Virtuous, the, often refuse office, 4. Vitalianus, ex-presbyter, 162. Vitalianus, Roman general and
trusted Christian, 101, 107;
letter to, 107.
Western Empire, vi, vii.
Whole and sick, differently admonished, 34.
Wise and dull, differently admonished, 28.
Xenia, presents, 106 n.
Zabardas, duke of Sardinia, letter
to, 152. Zeno, Bishop of Epirus, letter to,
190.