Letter 50001: It is well known to Your Magnanimity that a bishop is compelled by the very nature of his office to intercede on...
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GELASIUS THEODERICO REGI.
[1] Apud magnanimitatis tua excursus constare manifestum est pro quibuslibet intervenire pontificem ministerii sui qualitate constringi. Christianae mentis vestrae pietate confisus virum spectabilem Constantium credidi vobis meis litteris intimandun, utpote qui pro quolibet homine supplicare sacerdotalis officii ratione convenior.
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