10 surviving letters between Avitus of Vienne and Prince Sigismund, spanning 502-517 AD.
I returned from the feast to which I had traveled with the greatest haste.
You reproach me for not having reported to you about the royal conference.
If I could speak as well as you are kind enough to believe, my Latin would be an unwelcome intrusion on Greek ears.
While others feast on the holy and serene delights of your presence, I sustain the barrenness of my longing more by...
With God's favor, we celebrated with you — with you, I say, not in place but in spirit — the paschal feast, your...
Detained for two days by the presence of your glorious father, I organized the bearer somewhat late — the one...
I recognize that every day of my life leaves me indebted to the duty of service, but all the more so on the present...
Recently, when I sent the usual service owed to your eminence on the occasion of the apostolic feast, you said — in...
I know that a letter of service intrudes importunely on the cares and occupations in which, under heaven's help, you...
It might seem like a failure of trust in divine promises for anyone to be anxious about your prosperity.