Apollinaris (son of Sidonius) & Avitus of Vienne

Necessity prevented me from attending the feast; your kindness made the feast come to me.

Your devotion has done what it always does — both extending concern about us and entrusting yours to us.

It has been a long time — if you will take my word for it, or if you judge rightly from our mutual affection — since...

You command — and it is my heart's desire — that I attend both the new and the customary celebrations with the...

I am confident — and I have no doubt it is by divine gift — that our shared joy has been announced through shared...

Bound and burdened alike by the graciousness of your concern, the magnificence of your gift, and the constancy of...