Letter 3002: After the holy festival — which we passed through, though anxious and fearful, under your intercession and God's...

From: Avitus, bishop of Vienne To: Stephanus, bishop Date: ~492 AD Context: A brief note of greeting after a holy festival, expressing solidarity during difficult times. Avitus, bishop, to Bishop Stephanus. After the holy festival — which we passed through, though anxious and fearful, under your intercession and God's protection — I offer my duty of humble service and the devotion of attentive care. Whatever hardship we have deserved that remains with us, we long to ease by the knowledge of your prosperity, which may God always increase.

Avitus episcopus Stephano episcopo. Post sanctam festivitatem, quam licet avidi atque anxii, vestro tamen interventu divinaque tuitione transivimus, debito famulatus obsequio ac sedulae sollicitudinis devotione servimus, quicquid illud nobiscum meritae asperitatis est, solari vestrae, quam deus semper augeat, prosperitatis agnitione cupientes.