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Gregorius Clementinae Patriciæ. a Amandum presbyterum b a Surrentinis, ad episcopatum, gloriosa filia, electum esse cognoscas. Quem quia huc scripsimus debere 1053 transmitti, contristari de ejus absentia non debetis, quia nec abscedere creditur qai mente vobiscum est. Et quoniam pastorem quaerentibus is qui vobis olim placuit gratus est, omnipotentem Deum benedicentes, c Christiana magis in hoc devotione gaudete; et ut ad nos celerius aliis profuturus venire debeat, hilariter studete, quia sincerae charitatis est exsultare, quando is qui diligitur, ad hoc vocatur ut crescat d.
Gregory to Clementina the patrician. Know, glorious daughter, that the presbyter Amandus has been elected to the episcopate by the people of Surrentum. Since we have written that he ought to be sent here, you ought not to be saddened at his absence, for he is not believed to depart who is with you in mind. And since he who once pleased you is welcome to those seeking a shepherd, blessing almighty God, rejoice rather in this with Christian devotion; and be cheerfully zealous that he may come to us the sooner, to profit others; for it belongs to sincere charity to exult when he who is loved is called to this end, that he may increase.
額我略致貴族婦人克萊門提娜。尊貴的女兒，你當知道司鐸阿曼杜斯已被蘇倫圖姆的百姓選為主教。既然我們已寫明他當被送到這裡來，你就不當因他不在而憂傷，因為在心思上與你同在的人，不算是離去。既然那曾蒙你喜悅的人也為尋求牧者的人所歡迎，就當稱頌全能的神，以基督徒的虔敬為此更加歡欣；並要欣然熱切地促使他早日前來我們這裡，以造福他人；因為當所愛的人被召去、為使他得以增長時，為之歡躍，正是真誠愛德的表現。