Letter 8005: Powerful Radegund, of royal stock in the world —
Venantius Fortunatus→Queen Radegund, at Holy Cross monastery, Poitiers|c. 588 AD|Venantius Fortunatus
friendship
V
Ad domnam Radegundem
Regali de stirpe potens Radegundis in orbe,
altera cui caelis regna tenenda manent,
despiciens mundum meruisti adquirere Christum,
et dum clausa lates, hinc super astra vides.
gaudia terreni conculcas noxia regni,
ut placeas regi laeta favente polo.
nunc angusta tenes, quo caelos largior intres:
diffundens lacrimas gaudia vera metes.
et corpus crucias, animam ieiunia pascunt,
solo quam dominus servat amore suus.
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V
Ad domnam Radegundem
Regali de stirpe potens Radegundis in orbe,
altera cui caelis regna tenenda manent,
despiciens mundum meruisti adquirere Christum,
et dum clausa lates, hinc super astra vides.
gaudia terreni conculcas noxia regni,
ut placeas regi laeta favente polo.
nunc angusta tenes, quo caelos largior intres:
diffundens lacrimas gaudia vera metes.
et corpus crucias, animam ieiunia pascunt,
solo quam dominus servat amore suus.
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Whence has returned to me a face with shining light?