Early medieval Europe · Papal letter (transmitted by Bede)

Letter of Gregory I to Mellitus (601 CE)

Gregory I, Bishop of Rome · 601 CE

Reference Registrum epistolarum XI.76; Bede, Historia ecclesiastica I.30

Edition Gregory I, letter to Mellitus (601), preserved in Bede, Ecclesiastical History of the English People I.30. A. M. Sellar translation, 1907 (public domain in the United States).

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Gregory instructs Mellitus to retain suitable temple buildings after removing idols; the letter describes consecrated water, altars, relics, and converted feasting practices.