Letter 9032: How much your friendship has meant to me, only God fully knows — and perhaps you have some inkling.

Ennodius of PaviaAdeodatus|c. 518 AD|Ennodius of Pavia
friendship
From: Ennodius, bishop of Pavia
To: Adeodatus, priest
Date: ~519 AD
Context: A letter reflecting on how much Ennodius has valued the priest's friendship.

Ennodius to Adeodatus the priest.

How much your friendship has meant to me, only God fully knows — and perhaps you have some inkling. I write to express what I have felt for years but rarely put into words: that your companionship has been one of the great blessings of my life.

May it continue. Farewell.

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

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