Letter 3: Your Magnificence understands that I am bound by the demands of my priestly office to come before your clemency —...
III.
[Gelasius] to King Theoderic.
[1] Your Magnificence perceives that I am bound by the necessity of my priestly office, so that I may come as an intercessor before your Clemency, which is known to weigh all things wisely.
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Latin / Greek Original
III.
[GELASIUS] THEODERICO REGI.
[1] Magnificentia vestra perpendit sacerdotalis me officii necessitate constringi, ut apud clementiam vestram, quam constat omnia librare sapienter, intercessor accedam.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern cassiodorus retranslated v1.
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