Letter 6035: Amid the cares and difficulties that press upon us all, the consolation of correspondence is one of the few...

Ennodius of PaviaDomnina|c. 519 AD|Ennodius of Pavia
women
From: Ennodius, bishop of Pavia
To: Domnina [a woman, possibly a nun or widow]
Date: ~521 AD
Context: A letter written amid cares and difficulties, offering encouragement to a woman facing her own trials.

Ennodius to Domnina.

Amid the cares and difficulties that press upon us all, the consolation of correspondence is one of the few pleasures that remains. I write to you in that spirit, offering what encouragement my own words can carry.

Be strong. The God who sustains us in our trials has not forgotten you. Farewell.

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.

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