Letter 11002: I have heard that a certain Isaurus, moved by devotion, began the construction of a hospice [xenodochium] near your...
Sanctitatem vitae tuae* humilitatis tuae testatur epistola^, unde omnipotenti Deo
magnas gratias agimus, quia adhuc esse cognoscimus, qui® pro peccatis nostris^ valeant
exorare. Nos enim sub colore ecclesiastici regiminis mundi huius fluctibus volvimur®,
qui frequenter nos' obruunt, sed caelcstis gratiae manu protegente de profundo rele-
vamur. Vos ergo, qui in tanta quietis vestrae serenitate tranquillam vitam ducitis et
securi quasi in litore statis, nobis navigantibus aut potius naufragantibusc^ orationis
vestrae manum tendite et conantes ad tcrram viyentium pergere quantis potestis pre-
cibus adiuvate^, ut non solum de vcstra vita, sed etiam de ereptione nostra mercedem
in perpetuum^ habere valeatis. Sancta trinitas dilectionem tuam suae protectionis
dextera protegat detque tibi^ commissum gregem^ orando, anmionendo'", exempla boni
operis ostendendo in suo conspectu recte pascere, ut ad aetemae vitae pascua valeas
cum ipso quem pascis grege pervenire. Scriptum quippe est: 'Oves meae'^ venient
et pascua invenient' ^ Quae^ videlicet pascuai" tunc invenimus, quando huius vitae hieme
carentes de aetemae vitae quasi de novi^ veris veritate' satiamur.
Filio nostro Simplicio renuntiante cognovimus lectos" vel lectistemia in hiero-
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