Letter 8013: rightly the glory of your race where faith is most noble:
Venantius Fortunatus→Gregory|c. 591 AD|Venantius Fortunatus
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XIII
Ad eundem
Antistes domini, bone pastor et auctor honoris,
rite decus generis quo est generosa fides:
Iustinam famulam pietate memento, beate;
per te et commender, stirpe vel arce pater,
hinc referens grates aviae, quia reddita tandem
ad vultus neptis, dulcis imago, venit.
ista diu nostris votis dans gaudia, rector,
inter avam et neptem tu mediator agas.
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XIII
Ad eundem
Antistes domini, bone pastor et auctor honoris,
rite decus generis quo est generosa fides:
Iustinam famulam pietate memento, beate;
per te et commender, stirpe vel arce pater,
hinc referens grates aviae, quia reddita tandem
ad vultus neptis, dulcis imago, venit.
ista diu nostris votis dans gaudia, rector,
inter avam et neptem tu mediator agas.
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