Letter 5012: Ad eundem salutatoria

XII A greeting to the same man Highest of priests, rich abundance of goodness, a summit by your honor, a light by my love; you who must be revered for sacred offices, nursling of piety, to be held in my heart by the pledge of my friendship; flourishing in your studies and faithful in the sacred law, forever pursuing the gifts to come for your soul: you then, father, in my prayer I call to witness the earth, the seas, the stars, that with your sacred lips you may be willing to remember that I am yours.

XII Ad eundem salutatoria Summe sacerdotum, bonitatis opima facultas, culmen honore tuo, lumen amore meo, officiis venerande sacris, pietatis alumne, pignore amicitiae corde tenende meae, florens in studiis et sacra in lege fidelis, semper agens animae dona futura tuae: te? pater, ergo precans terram freta sidera testor. ut velis ore sacro me memor esse tuum.