Letter 1011: [Bishop Avitus to Pope Symmachus of Rome.
[Avitus episcopus Symmacho papae urbis].
unde, etiamsi pignus reliquiarum sacrae crucis putamus esse vobiscum, a sancto tamen
Aeliae urbis antistite hanc specialiter munificentiam credimus expetendam. Qui re
vera sacramenti istius veram et inviolabilem puritatem loci administratione conservans,
sic desiderabili potens est impertire nos dono, ut ab omni cunctationis absolvat am-
biguo. Qua de re plurimum pagina famulante deposco, ut ad praefatae ecclesiae
sacerdotem litteras apostolatus vester tribuat portitori: quatenus gemina nobis veniat
benedictione firmamentum, quod ecclesiarum praeminentium mundo vel consulta sedis
vestrae auctoritas respondebit vel humanitas illius obsecrata porrexerit.
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