Letter 9063: I am asking a favor. Laurentius — a man of distinction, who bears this letter — has business before Leontius that...

We recall having learned, at the time when he was here in the city of Rome, that the late Bonifatius, formerly a numerarius [accounting officer], had by his settled will left some portion of his inheritance to the hospice which is situated by Saint Peter, the chief of the apostles. And since we have said that we are exercising our concern that a representative be sent to our glorious son Leontius for the setting forth of his accounts, we have taken care that this ought to be carried out. Therefore, because Laurentius, a most distinguished man, the bearer of the present letter, is reported to have been dispatched there for this purpose [...], saluting your Greatness with fatherly affection we ask that you ought to lend him your aid in this matter and bestow your patronage, with justice preserved, as we trust of you; so that, while he is supported by the help of your most sincere goodness, you may obtain a reward with almighty God both on behalf of the widowhood of the wife of the late Bonifatius and on behalf of the poor, to whom, as we have said, the same Bonifatius bequeathed some portion of his inheritance.