Letter 3029: Your long-desired letter finally arrived with my servant's belated return, and it brought me very welcome news of...
Desideratas mihi litteras sero hominis mei adyentus exhibuit, quae nobis gratum
«idmodum salutis tuae indicium praestiterunt. atque utinam facilitas commeatus copiam
^^ daret frequentioris officii.
xxvm.
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To the Emperor Julian.
Consider the widow of Zarephath.
You have written about the difficult case in your diocese — the cleric who has fallen into serious sin — and you ask...
(Of the same year. Here Cæsarius had bequeathed all his property to the poor; but his house had been looted by his servants, and his friends could only find a comparatively small sum. Besides this a number of persons, shortly afterwards, presented themselves as creditors of his estate, and their claims, though incapable of proof, were paid.
Olympius is taking refuge in you once again -- his champion on so many past occasions.