Letter 3008: I attribute it to my own sins rather than to any fault of yours that bodily illness prevented you from carrying out...
Avitus the bishop to Gregory the bishop.
I rather impute it to my own sins that an infirmity of body hindered you from carrying out the disposition of your most pious wish, although your accustomed graciousness has accompanied us with prayer and with offering. And so, rendering the duties of greeting with the page that serves me, beyond what I am able by speech, I give thanks that, though you did not satisfy our festival with your presence as we thirsted for it with full longing, you nevertheless refreshed it by your expenditure.
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Latin / Greek Original
Avitus episcopus Gregorio episcopo.
Meis potius adscribo peccatis, quod vos ad dispositionem piissimae voluntatis cor-
poris inaequalitas impedivit, quamquam consueta dignatio oratione nos et oblatione
comitata sit. Vnde salutationis officia pagina famulante persolvens supra quam ser-
mone valeo, gratias ago, quod festivitatem nostram pleno vos desiderio sitientem,
etiamsi non satiastis praesentia, refecistis expensa.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern avitus vienne retranslated v1.
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