4 surviving letters between Ennodius of Pavia and Hormisdas, Rome, spanning c. 497–520.
The dispensation of heaven joins in affection through the gift of letters those whom it has united in love.
There would be no excuse left for the unskilled if they said too much.
What you are to me and what I am to you — these are things that titles cannot change and promotions cannot diminish.
If you have deigned to read these lines, then the old bond between us still holds — and that is all I needed to know.