686:1
Gregorius Mariniano episcopo Ravennae. Fraternitatis vestrae scripta suscepimus, in quibus indicastis Florentium diaconum vestrum pro utilitatibus Ecclesiæ vestrae ad urbem regiam vos velle transmittere.
Gregory to Marinianus, bishop of Ravenna. We have received the writings of your Fraternity, in which you have indicated that you wish to send your deacon Florentius to the royal city for the advantages of your Church.
額我略致拉溫納主教瑪利尼安。我們已收到你弟兄之情的書信，你在其中表明：你願意為你教會的利益，差派你的執事佛羅倫提烏斯前往皇城。
686:2
Et quia voluistis ut eum dilectissimo filio nostro Anatolio diacono superscriptis debuisvemus * apicibus commendare, scribere ei curavimus ut illi in quibus necesse fuerit et valuerit adesse non differat, ipsaque scripta ad vos transmisimus, ut secum ea, quam direxeritis persona debeat deportare., De persona vero quam in sacro vos dicitis velle ordine promovere, videtur nobis ut si nihil est qued vitæ ejus obsistat, et ei a nullo res quam indicastis, objicitur, quod visum vobis fuerit, faciatis. De aliis vero causis voluimus vobis, ut sollicitudinem gereretis, scribere.
And since you wished that we should commend him to our most beloved son Anatolius the deacon by the above-mentioned letters, we have taken care to write to him not to defer being present to him in those matters in which it shall be necessary and possible, and we have sent that very writing to you, so that the person whom you shall dispatch may carry it with him. But concerning the person whom you say you wish to promote to sacred orders, it seems to us that, if there is nothing which stands in the way of his life, and nothing which is objected against him by anyone in the matter you have indicated, you should do what shall seem good to you. But concerning the other matters, we wished to write to you, that you should exercise solicitude.
既然你願意我們藉上述書信將他薦於我們至愛之子執事阿納托利烏斯，我們便留心寫信給他，囑他在必要且可行之事上不要延遲援助此人，並已將那書信送給你，好使你所差派之人可隨身攜帶。至於你所說願意擢升入聖秩的那人，我們以為：倘若其生平並無妨礙之處，又無人在你所指之事上對他有所指摘，你便當照你所認為妥當的去做。但關乎其他事務，我們原願寫信給你，好使你善盡照管之責。
686:3
Sed postquam unam vobis commisimus, quæ per neglectum vestrum deperiit, de aliis tacere elegimus, ne et ipsas similiter perderemus
But since, after we had committed one matter to you, which perished through your negligence, we have chosen to be silent about the others, lest we should likewise lose them.
但既然我們把一樁事務交託給你之後，那事竟因你的疏忽而失落了，我們便寧願對其餘之事緘默不言，免得我們同樣把它們也失掉。