Et cum idem papa reverentissimus cogeret synodum episcoporum Italiae, de vita monachorum et quiete ordinaturus, et ipse Mellitus inter eos adsedit anno octavo imperii Focatis principis, indictione decima tertia, tertio die kalendarum Martiarum: ut quaeque erant regulariter decreta, sua quoque auctoritate subscribens confirmaret, ac Brittaniam rediens, secum Anglorum ecclesiis mandanda atque servanda deferret, una cum epistolis quas idem pontifex Deo dilecto archiepiscopo Laurentio, et clero universo, similiter et Aedilbercto regi atque genti Anglorum direxit.
And whenas the same most reverend pope called a synod of the bishops of Italy to appoint some order as concerning the life of monks and their quiet state, Mellitus also himself sat amongst them the 8th year of the reign of the emperor Focas, the 13th indiction, and the 27th day of February: that what things so ever were decreed according to rule, he also by subscribing thereunto might confirm them with his authority, and returning to Britain might bring them with him to the English churches to be committed to them and observed, as also beside epistles which the same bishop of Rome wrote and sent to the archbishop Laurence beloved of God and all the clergy, and likewise also to king Ethelbert and the English nation.
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