Letter 3022: Your devotion maintains its customary care, visiting us with your gracious attention and your letters alike.
Bishop Avitus to the most illustrious Valerianus.
Your devotion maintains its customary care, visiting us with your gracious attention and your letters alike. You have added to the feast day, which we joyfully celebrated with God's help, precisely what we had been hoping for — completing our celebration with the votive fulfillment of our worship. For my part, as I rejoice in your happiness to the extent I learn of it, it is no less sweet to hear of your safe return after so long an absence than to celebrate the paschal feast with exultation.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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