Faustus of Riez
Faustus Reiensis
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Your eloquence and your devotion alike maintain their accustomed standard, and for this reason we admire your speech...
You have complained, most holy sir, that we have both been silent too long.
Faustus, bishop, to the most beloved and reverend Sidonius.
Sidonius, bishop, to the most blessed and holy Faustus.
Faustus, bishop, to Lucidus, beloved brother in Christ.
Lucidus, a sinner, to the holy Bishop Faustus.
I am sending you, at last, the completed treatise on grace that I have been working on for longer than I care to admit.
Faustus, bishop, to the most distinguished Count Gracchus.
You have asked about my views on the soul, and I will give them to you directly, since I have never seen the point...
Faustus, bishop, to his beloved in Christ.
Faustus, bishop, to his beloved brother.
I have long known you, my venerable and most blessed priest, through the widespread fame that proclaims your name.
Impious negligence and negligent impiety have possessed me so completely that I do not know, my lord, what to accuse...
You have asked what I have learned, after so many years as bishop, about the actual work of the office.
I am old now, and I write fewer letters than I used to — not because there is less to say, but because the hand...
When the opportunity to write is both personal and friendly, why should I hold back from the page as though I lacked...
The greatest joy of all is a letter-carrier who turns up at just the right moment — one who, as a servant of...
How much is added to the burden of grief when affliction is interrupted — when adversity, to sting all the more...
Your Eminence's conscience is well aware of what we owe to the distinguished Faustinus — both on account of his...
Faustus, from Ennodius.
**From:** Ennodius, deacon of Milan
I have not written in order to burden you with the bitter news of my affliction, but rather to urge your concern —...
Faustus, from Ennodius.
Faustus, from Ennodius.
Faustus, from Ennodius.
Faustus, from Ennodius.
Thanks be to God, who, in keeping with my desires, makes my correspondence purposeful rather than idle, so that the...
Faustus, from Ennodius.
For a long time I was in suspense about the arrival of Your Greatness, uncertain whether the delay meant a change of...
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KING THEODERIC TO FAUSTUS, PRAETORIAN PREFECT.