E02790: Two letters of Pope Gregory the Great (Register 1.18 and 13.3), of 591 and 602, mention a monastery of saint *Adrianus (presumably Adrianos, martyr of Nicomedia, S01342) in Palermo (Sicily). Written in Latin in Rome.

Pope Gregory the Great, Register of Letters 1.18


From the opening of the letter:

GREGORIVS PETRO SVBDIACONO
Insinuatum nobis est Marcellum Barunitanae ecclesiae, ibidem in ciuitate Panormitana in monasterio sancti Adriani in paenitentiam deputatum, non solum uictus necessitatem pati, sed et nuditatis nimiam sustinere molestiam.

'Gregory to Peter subdeacon
It has been suggested to us that Marcellus of the church of Barunitum, sent for penance to the monastery of Saint Adrianus in the same city of Palermo, was not only suffering a shortage of life's necessities, but was also enduring the excessive hardship of a lack of clothing.'



Pope Gregory the Great, Register of Letters 13.3


Extract from a letter to the monk Adeodatus:

Quia igitur, priusquam in monasterio sancti Adriani, ubi es conversus, intrares [...]

'Therefore, before you entered the monastery of Saint Adrianus, where you became a monk ...'


Text: Norberg 1982, vol. 1, 17 and vol. 2, 995. Translation: Martyn 2004, vol. 1, 132, and vol. 3, 824, lightly modified.