Event: Assistance, Correspondence, Mission/mission-sending
Gregory 1
.letters to Frankish bishops commending monks,
Laurence 1
and
Mellitus 1
Asserted in:
Gregory I.Ep
xi.41
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Scholarly Info
Description
Gregory 1
wrote to various Frankish bishops asking that the monks (
Anonymi 2027
) he was sending to
Augustine 1
together with
Laurence 1
and
Mellitus 1
be assisted by them.
Year
601
Primary Source Info
Persons associated with this Event:
Agent
:
Gregory 1
(
the Great, pope, 590-604
) :
Gregory 1
commended the monks (
Anonymi 2027
),
Laurence 1
and
Mellitus 1
, whom he was sending to
Augustine 1
, asking the bishops (
Menna 1
,
Serenus 1
,
Lupus 1
,
Agiulfus 1
,
Simplicius 1
,
Melantius 1
and
Licinius 1
) to help them so that they should have no cause for tarrying there and may rejoice that they have been helped.
Recipient
:
Menna 1
(
Bishop of Toulon, fl. 601
)
Recipient
:
Serenus 1
(
Bishop of Marseilles, 596-601
)
Recipient
:
Lupus 1
(
Bishop of Cahors, France, fl. 601
)
Recipient
:
Agiulfus 1
(
Bishop of Metz
)
Recipient
:
Simplicius 1
(
Bishop of Paris
)
Recipient
:
Melantius 1
(
Bishop of Rouen, fl. 601
)
Recipient
:
Licinius 1
(
Bishop of Angers
)
(Other)
:
Augustine 1
(
Archbishop of Canterbury, 597-604x609; apostle of the English
)
(Other)
:
Anonymi 2027
(
Monks sent in 601 to
Augustine 1
by
Gregory 1
)
(Other)
:
Laurence 1
(
Priest who with
Peter 3
delivered the writings of
Augustine 1
to
Gregory 1
)
(Other)
:
Mellitus 1
(
First bishop of London, later Archbishop of Canterbury, 619-24
)