Symmachus
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In civil wars, even the victors are more wretched than the vanquished — for the more they do, the greater their shame.
Ennodius, bishop, to the most holy Pope Symmachus.
To the most holy and apostolic Bishop Symmachus, John the deacon presents his petition.
On the extinction of the schism that so darkened the recent years, I cannot express my relief adequately in prose,...
Sigismund, king, to the most holy Pope Symmachus.
I write to report and to commend myself to your pastoral care, as I try to do regularly when the press of other...
I want to report on the mission you entrusted to me, which I have now completed and which had, I think, a reasonable...
The generosity that distinguishes your pontificate has been felt throughout the church, and I want to acknowledge it...
There are several young men from good families who are currently in Rome pursuing the studies that the city still...
I write to recall to your memory certain of my connections, and to commend to your paternal care a young man of...
A young man of good birth and genuine promise is going to Rome to study, and I cannot let him go without a letter to...
The young man I am commending this time is the sublimest of adolescents, and I say this not as empty praise — you...
The law that desire writes for friendship is one I know well — it compels the pen when reason might counsel silence.
King Theodoric to Symmachus, Vir Illustris [Most Illustrious], Patrician.
[Q. Aurelius Memmius Symmachus was the leading Roman senator of his generation, father-in-law of Boethius, and a...