Letter 8024: Your kindness transcends the ordinary measure of human generosity.
Ennodius of Pavia→Faustus Albus|c. 513 AD|Ennodius of Pavia
grief death
From: Ennodius, deacon in Pavia
To: Faustus
Date: ~513 AD
Context: A letter praising Faustus's kindness as surpassing what could be expected of any human being.
Ennodius to Faustus.
Your kindness transcends the ordinary measure of human generosity. Others give what is expected; you give what exceeds expectation. I have benefited from this quality more times than I can count, and I write to acknowledge once more what I can never adequately repay. Farewell.
XXIIII. ENNODIVS FAVSTO.
Vsum suum benignitas uestra supra homines locata custodit.
uere medicina est cura sanctissimi: nam uenerabilis conscientia
deo semper insinuat quod requirit. digressis uobis acrior me
calor exussit et ad omnem desperationem praecipitante diabolo
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2 caleeti L curratio B 8 mox om. T me om. Sirm.
5 prosequi mi B
XXIII. 10 heleutheriuB B a] ad B dno T 11 sasciol
perat B 12 commendatitiae B, commendatias L sperauit]
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impetrauit Pb 13 subpeterea B iuberetur B 14 ne L
15 porrigatee B 16 pxaeiuditio B 17 mulitur B
XXILIL 19 fausto ex floro V m. 1 21 scanctissimi B
22 requiret B 23 callor B exussit| (ussit in ras.) B et
om. B homnem B dieperationem B praecipitanti (alt .
i in ras.) B diabulo B
uela patuerunt. uenit ad me medicus et dixit se quod faceret
non habere. hinc mihi maior spes, quando homo cessauerit.
continuo me cum lacrimis ad caelestis medici auxilia conuerti
et domni Victoria oleo totum corpus, quod iam sepulcro parabatur,
contra febres armaui. scit deus meus, mox adfuit magni
militis imperator, et quod per testem eius idoneum poposci
incunctanter obtinui. mox feruor ille aeterni frigoris procurator
intepuit et hora nona, sicut legitur, Christo meo mandante
discessit. scio orationis uestrae tempora, scio lacrimarum copiam
in illo quoque momento iuuisse laborantem. ecce indicia uotiua
non tacui: sed portitorum raritas desiderium commune suspendit.
nam me multum iuuat releuatio uestra, quamuis a uobis minime,
qui laeta respuistis, optetur.
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From:Ennodius, deacon in Pavia
To:Faustus
Date:~513 AD
Context:A letter praising Faustus's kindness as surpassing what could be expected of any human being.
Ennodius to Faustus.
Your kindness transcends the ordinary measure of human generosity. Others give what is expected; you give what exceeds expectation. I have benefited from this quality more times than I can count, and I write to acknowledge once more what I can never adequately repay. Farewell.
Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.