Letter 3007: Who could forget your affection and not be accounted inhuman?
Ennodius to the Priest Adeodatus.
Who could forget your affection and not be accounted inhuman? Who would not wish to have the support before God of a person of such complete holiness? I especially — I who am crushed by the heavy burdens of my sins and yet have obtained your favor, a thing that promises me full absolution. And so, greeting you with veneration and the respect that is due, I hope that you will offer prayers for me at every holy shrine. The divine blessings I obtain through you, I will repay without delay — for I am well aware that you deserve to be heard.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.
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