Gregory to Peter, subdeacon of Campania. Our heart is pricked by the pious inspiration of the Godhead to dedicate to the reverence of the Catholic religion places once assigned to execrable errors. Since therefore we desire to consecrate in honour of Saint Severinus a church situated next to the Merulan house in the third region, which Arian superstition long held, let Your Experience with the utmost care transmit the relics of blessed Severinus with due veneration, so that, the grace of the Almighty aiding, we may be able to fulfil what we have determined in our minds to be accomplished.