15 surviving letters between Ennodius of Pavia and Faustus of Riez, spanning 494-514 AD.
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 —...
Thanks be to God, who, in keeping with my desires, makes my correspondence purposeful rather than idle, so that the...
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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