Letter 10013: Ad episcopos in commendatione peregrini
XIII
Ad episcopos in commendatione peregrini
Pontifices summi, fidei via, semita vitae,
quos dedit omnipotens luminis esse duces
custodesque gregi caelestis contulit agnus,
vos bene pastores, ut foveantur oves:
ecce viator adest peragens iter inscius illud
finibus Italicis, heu peregrina gemens.
exulis auxilium, errantis via, norma salutis,
ad reditum patriae sitis honore patres,
semina iactetis, mercedis ut ampla metatis
et redeat vobis centuplicata seges.
Fortunatus enim humilis commender opimis
ac per vos domino, culmina sancta. precor.
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