Letter 35

UnknownSedatus|c. 499 AD|ruricius limoges
From: Ruricius, bishop of Limoges
To: Sedatus, bishop
Date: ~499 AD
Context: A response to a letter from Sedatus brought by a physician, with reflections on the frustration of longing to meet but being prevented by bodily weakness.

Bishop Ruricius to his holy and apostolic lord and patron, Bishop Sedatus.

Through the physician Palladius I received the letters of your fertile heart and eloquent mouth, which invited us to a mutual visit with the longing of the heart. But what can we do when the diverse infirmities of our bodies oppose the desires of our souls?

Modern English rendering for readability. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek for scholarly use.

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