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Gregory V.

GRegory V. restor'd to John Archbishop of Ravenna, the Church of Placentia, which had * 1.1 been rais'd by his Predecessor to an Archbishoprick, and put that of Monferrat under its Jurisdiction: This is the subject of the first Letter of this Pope.

By the second he grants the Pall to Gerbert, Archbishop of Ravenna, and confirms and grants several priviledges to that Church.

The third letter of this Pope is, a Priviledge which he grants to the Abbey of S. Am∣brose of Millan.

The fourth is directed to Queen Constantia, the Wife of Robert King of France, whom he exhorts to punish those who had pillag'd and burnt the Demeans of a Bishop of France called Julian. [These four Letters are extant Concil. Tom. IX. p. 752. Baluzius publish'd another Letter of his, concerning the priviledges of the Abbots of Mons major.]

This is all we have remaining of the Writings of the Popes, which were in possession of the Holy See during the Tenth Century.

Notes

• * 1.1

  The Letters of Gregory V.