Letter 10046: The matter of the candidate you recommended has been handled as you wished, though not without some difficulty that...

Ambrose, Bishop, to the Emperor Valentinian.

Limenius, Bishop of Vercellæ, having died, the see remained long vacant owing to domestic factions. St. Ambrose, therefore, as Exarch, writes to the Christians at Vercellæ, and commences by reference to the speedy and unanimous election of Eusebius, a former Bishop, and reminds them of the presence of Christ as a reason for concord.

If my earlier letters on behalf of my friend Iucundus had accomplished their purpose, I'd be writing to thank you...

Both my devotion to you and my duty to the distinguished Eusebius -- a man who has earned the respect of the best...

1. I know not how it was that I did not reply to your first letter; but I know that my neglect was not owing to want of esteem for you. For I take pleasure in your studies, and even in the words in which you express your thoughts; and it is my desire as well as advice that you make great attainments in your early years in the word of God, for th...