Letter XX, from Ennodius of Pavia to Pope Symmachus

Ennodius to Pope Symmachus. Ennodius Gives Thanks for His Apostolic Promotion and Recalls Symmachus’s Promise on Behalf of Marius’s Heirs You have promoted me to the point of boldness by Your apostolic regard: the confidence granted has become the mother of audacity. But let him who thinks me ignorant of humility test me as obedient […]

Letter XVII, from King Sigismund of the Burgundians to Pope Symmachus

To Pope Symmachus. Chapter I: Sigismund Acknowledges the Sacred Relics Received Through the Deacon Julianus and Requests the Patronage of the Saints from the Apostolic Fountain While You enriched our Gaul with the spiritual reward of sacred pledges of relics through me, I do not presume to deny the petitioners; therefore it is necessary that […]