Leo the Great, Letters

(a) ‹anchor: "EPISTOLA"› · printed under col 969

Alias post 77. Quae autem erat 100, nunc 127. Scripta 18 Decemb. an. 451.

Elsewhere after 77. The one which was 100 is now 127. Written 18 December in the year 451.

(b) ‹anchor: heading, before "MARCIANI IMPERATORIS"› · printed under col 969, continued under col 970

Hanc epistolam edidit Holstenius in collectione Romana ex ms. Barberino 3386 collect. 16 Thessalonicensis, cum quo eamdem relegimus. Latinus hujus epistolae textus originalis videtur Tillemontio art. 135, in Leonis Vita. Verba quidem ante finem et alia manu sequentem salutationis formulam ipsa imperatoris manu additam videntur innuere. Hanc autem formulam Latine expressam fuisse ex eo colligi potest, quod non ita dicatur scripta Graece, ut in eadem Thessalonicensi collectione affirmatur de subscriptione Anatolii subjecta epistolae 132; nam de hac legitur; Et subscriptio litteris Graecis. Si vero imperatoris salutatio in originali Latine exarata fuit, idem de ipsa epistola censendum est. Ipsa etiam Latina syntaxis satis congrua, ab usitata ejus temporis interpretandi ratione, quae in aliis documentis Latin⟨e⟩ redditis detegitur, plurimum abest. Adde tandem quod Graecus textus, quem subjiciemus, est nonnullibi quibusdam commatibus auctior, caret autem illis, et alia manu; ac propterea textus Latinus ex Graeco redditus dici nequit. Num vero Latine et Graece scripta fuerit haec epistola, uti non tam Latine quam Graece scripta fuisse videtur memorata Anatolii epistola 152, aliis dijudicandum relinquimus. Commatum quidem discrimen Graecum quoque textum originalem insinuare videtur. Marcianum sane utriusque linguae peritum, notum est ex concilio Chalcedonensi act. 6, in qua Latine et Graece allocutus traditur.

Holstenius published this letter in the Roman collection from the Barberini manuscript 3386 of the Thessalonian collection, 16, with which we have re-read it. The Latin text of this letter seems to Tillemont (art. 135, in the Life of Leo) to be the original. Indeed the words before the end, and in another hand, seem to indicate that the following formula of greeting was added in the emperor's own hand. And that this formula was expressed in Latin can be gathered from the fact that it is not said to have been written in Greek, as is affirmed in the same Thessalonian collection of the subscription appended to the letter of Anatolius, 132; for of that one we read: And the subscription in Greek letters. But if the emperor's greeting was written in Latin in the original, the same must be judged of the letter itself. The Latin syntax itself, too, being quite regular, is very far from the usual manner of translating of that time which is detected in other documents rendered into Latin. Add finally that the Greek text, which we shall print below, is in some places fuller by certain clauses, but lacks the words and in another hand; and therefore the Latin text cannot be said to have been rendered from the Greek. Whether this letter was written in both Latin and Greek, as the letter of Anatolius mentioned, 152, seems to have been written not so much in Latin as in Greek, we leave to others to decide. The difference in the clauses does seem to suggest that the Greek text too is original. That Marcian was certainly skilled in both languages is known from the Council of Chalcedon, act 6, in which he is reported to have spoken in Latin and in Greek.

(c) ‹anchor: "LEONI episcopo"› · printed under col 970

In codice Barb. et apud Holstenium haec adduntur, quae synopsis vicem gerunt: Ut speraverit Ecclesia Constantinopolitana secundam sedem fieri debere, quod non est concessum.

In the Barberini codex and in Holstenius these words are added, which serve as a synopsis: How the Church of Constantinople hoped that it ought to be made the second see, which was not granted.

(d) ‹anchor: "Jam non incusamus"› · printed under col 970

Voces, perfidos, nec sumus, quae Holstenio exciderunt, et sensui necessariae sunt, ex eodem codice supplevimus.

The words perfidos, nec sumus, which had dropped out of Holstenius and are necessary to the sense, we have supplied from the same codex.

SYNOPSIS. — I. De fide apud Chalcedonem roborata et pace Ecclesiae restituta gratulatur. — II. Fidem juxta litteras S. Leonis a synodo esse expositam. — III. Petit ut sedi C P. secundus locus juxta statuta secundae et quartae synodi tribuatur. — IV. Per Lucianum et Basilium consensum ejus super eodem negotio postulat.

SYNOPSIS. — I. He rejoices that the faith has been strengthened at Chalcedon and peace restored to the Church. — II. That the faith was set forth by the synod in accordance with the letter of St Leo. — III. He asks that the second place be granted to the see of Constantinople according to the statutes of the second and fourth synods. — IV. Through Lucianus and Basilius he asks his consent on the same matter.

(a) ‹anchor: "episcopi sub"› · call printed in col 972 (upper half, set under the 971 rail) · printed under col 971

Vocem divo item adjecimus ex eodem codice et editione Holstenii. In Graeco autem textu habetur, sub divae memoriae Theodosio.

The word divo [deified] we have likewise added from the same codex and from Holstenius's edition. In the Greek text, however, there stands: under Theodosius of divine memory.

(1) printed under this column; its call is in col 972 (Greek), set in n972

(2) printed under this column (continued under col 972); its call is in col 972 (Greek), set in n972

EJUSDEM EPISTOLAE.

OF THE SAME LETTER.

Graecum exemplar cum nova interpretatione Latina.

The Greek copy, with a new Latin translation.

(The editors' new Latin translation of the Greek text of Letter C, lower half of col 971, below the full-width heading; transcribed, no English.) Epistola piissimi imperatoris Marciani ad beatissimum archiepiscopum Romae Leonem. Victores VALENTINIANUS et MARCIANUS gloriosi, triumphatores Augusti, sanctissimo et vere venerabili patri archiepiscopo LEONI. CAP. I. — Divinae humanaeque litterae consentiunt Divinitatem in primis esse adorandam, ibique omnipotentem Deum esse propitium, ubi colitur recte fides. Hoc igitur quod quaerebamus invenimus et assecuti sumus nostris precibus. Invenit enim religionis fidem fidelis affectus, et nullum dubium est Dei auxilio esse definitum, quod de ipsius potentia quaerebatur. Expulsa enim omni contentione et discordia, quam invidus daemon fidei injecerat, Deum omnes una mente cognoscunt. Caeterum non accusamus infideles, quin et gratiam habemus religionis inimicis: praestiterunt enim nobis ut Deum studiosissime quaereremus manifesteque cognosceremus. Majus enim lumen esse videtur post tenebras apparens: dulcis est sitientibus potus, fessis otium. Laetetur

(a) printed under col 971; its call is in the upper half of this column (set under the 971 rail), set in n971 1 ‹anchor: before "Ἐπιστολὴ τοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου"› · printed under col 971 Haec epistola anno 1685 ab Andrea Arnoldo in syntagmate Athanasii edita fuit ex cod. Barocciano in Boldeianam bibliothecam translata, et dein a Quesnello secundae editioni inserta. Graecum textum relegimus et emendavimus ex cod. Vat. Graeco 1455; Latinam interpretationem Arnoldi Quesnellus recusit, nos ob insignes emendationes Graeci textus novam interpretationem afferendam credidimus.

This letter was published in the year 1685 by Andreas Arnold in the Syntagma of Athanasius, from the Baroccian codex transferred to the Bodleian library, and then inserted by Quesnel in his second edition. We have re-read and emended the Greek text from the Vatican Greek codex 1455; Quesnel reprinted Arnold's Latin translation, [but] we, because of the notable emendations of the Greek text, believed that a new translation should be supplied.

2 ‹anchor: "σεπτῷ"› · printed under col 971, continued under col 972 Ita et ms. Vat Sed, ut monnit etiam Arnoldus, pro πατριάρχῃ ἐπισκόπῳ legendum forte πατρὶ ἀρχιεπισκότῳ. Vide epist. ejusdem Marciani 110.

So also the Vatican manuscript. But, as Arnold too has pointed out, for πατριάρχῃ ἐπισκόπῳ [patriarch bishop] one should perhaps read πατρὶ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ [father archbishop]. See letter 110 of the same Marcian.

3 ‹anchor: "θρησκεύεται"› · printed under col 972 Addidimus ὀρθῶς, quod aberat a vulg., auctoritate cod. Vat. Consonat et textus Latinus, qui habet rite.

We have added ὀρθῶς [rightly], which was missing from the printed editions, on the authority of the Vatican codex. The Latin text too agrees, which has rite [duly].

4 ‹anchor: "ὅπερ"› · printed under col 972 Ms. Vat., ζηλοῦμεν. Caeterum lege ἐζητοῦμεν.

The Vatican manuscript: ζηλοῦμεν [we strive for]. But read ἐζητοῦμεν [we were seeking].

5 ‹anchor: "ἀμφίβολόν"› · printed under col 972 Ita Cod. Vat. In vulg. non satis bene, ἀμφίβολον ἐπὶ συνεργειᾳ, etc.

So the Vatican codex. In the printed editions, not well enough: ἀμφίβολον ἐπὶ συνεργειᾳ [doubtful upon the co-operation], etc.

6 ‹anchor: "τῇ πίστει"› · printed under col 972 Ms. Vat., ἐμβεβλήκει. Legendum forte ἐνεβεβλήκει.

The Vatican manuscript: ἐμβεβλήκει. Perhaps one should read ἐνεβεβλήκει [had thrown in].

7 ‹anchor: "πάντες"› · printed under col 972 Supple ex textu Latino antiquo, et lege μιᾷ διανοιᾳ.

Supply from the ancient Latin text, and read μιᾷ διανοιᾳ [with one mind].

8 ‹anchor: "γλυκύς"› · printed under col 972 Ita ms. Vat. atque ita in textu Latino. Abest ἐστὶ a vulgatis.

So the Vatican manuscript, and so in the Latin text. ἐστὶ [is] is missing from the printed editions.

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(The Greek text of Letter C, lower half of col 972, below the full-width heading; transcribed, no English.) Ἐπιστολὴ τοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου βασιλέως Μαρκιανοῦ πρὸς τὸν μακαριώτατον ἀρχιεπίσκοπον Ῥώμης Λέοντα. Νικηταὶ Οὐαλεντινιανὸς καὶ Μαρκιανὸς, ἔνδοξοι, τροπαιοῦχοι, αὔγουστοι, τῷ ἁγιωτάτῳ καὶ ἀληθῶς σεπτῷ πατριάρχῃ ἐπισκόπῳ Λέοντι. Αἱ θεῖαι καὶ ἀνθρώπιναι γραφαὶ συμφωνοῦσι τὸ θεῖον ἐν πρώτοις εἶναι προσκυνητὸν, κἀκεῖ τὸν παντοκράτορα Θεὸν εἶναι ἵλεω, ὅπου θρησκεύεται ὀρθῶς ἡ πίστις. Τούτου τοίνυν, ὅπερ ζητοῦμεν, εὕρομεν καὶ ἐπιτύχομεν ἡμετέραις εὐχαῖς· εὗρε γὰρ τῆς θρησκείας τὴν πίστιν ἡ πιστὴ διάθεσις, καὶ οὐδὲν ἀμφίβολόν ἐστι συνεργείᾳ τοῦ Θεοῦ τετυπῶσθαι, ὅπερ περὶ τῆς αὐτοῦ δυνάμεως ἐζητεῖτο. Ἐκβεβλημένης τοίνυν πάσης φιλονεικίας καὶ διχονοίας, ἥν τινα ὁ βάσκανος δαίμων τῇ πίστει ἐβεβλήκει, τὸν Θεὸν πάντες διανοίᾳ γινώσκουσι. Λοιπὸν οὐ κατηγοροῦμεν τῶν ἀπίστων, ἀλλὰ καὶ χάριν ὁμολογοῦμεν τοῖς τῆς θρησκείας ἐχθροῖς· παρέσχον γὰρ ἡμῖν, ὅπως τὸν Θεὸν σπουδαιότατα ζητήσωμεν, φανερῶς τε ἐπέγνωμεν. Μεῖζον γὰρ φῶς εἶναι δοκεῖ τὸ μετὰ τὴν σκοτίαν φαῖνον· γλυκύς ἐστι τοῖς διψῶσιν ὁ πότος, τοῖς κεκμηκόσιν ἡ

1–5 printed under this column; their calls are in the Greek of col 974, set in n974

(The editors' new Latin translation of the Greek text of Letter C, continued from n971; the whole of col 973; transcribed, no English.) igitur sanctitas tua super victoria fidei, cujus corona omnipotenti Christo referenda; hic enim dedit contra infideles victoriam. Et ideo nos ipsi adesse sanctae synodo festinavimus, quamquam nos in aliis locis et expeditiones et publicae necessitates detinerent. CAP. II. — Ergo omnia secundum vota sanctitatis tuae, quae fidei consonant, definita sunt, totius orbis, qui sub nostro imperio est, piissimis episcopis Chalcedone convocatis, et deliberatione habita, post multas contentiones vera fides obtinuit, et juxta litteras sanctitatis tuae omnes assenserunt expositioni, sicut veritas postulavit; nihilque ambigimus hujus rei gratiam nobis et sanctitati tuae communem esse, et ex aequo laetari quos palam est aequali studio amare veritatem. Superest ut omnibus juxta catholicam fidem et veritatem compositis, et pace Ecclesiis restituta, votis omnium in perniciem hostium sanctitas tua divinam provocet potentiam: quod te et ante nostras litteras facere in confesso est. CAP. III. — Quoniam vero et hoc constitutum est, ut ea quae a centum quinquaginta episcopis sub divae memoriae Majore Theodosio honoris gratia erga venerabilem Constantinopolitanam Ecclesiam statuta sunt, quaeque nunc a sancta synodo de eadem re sunt sancita, firma serventur, videlicet ut post apostolicam sedem Constantinopolitanus statim episcopus secundum habeat locum, quoniam splendidissima urbs junior Roma appellatur, dignetur sanctitas tua etiam huic parti assensum praebere; licet reverendissimi episcopi, qui loco tuae in Deo charitatis ad sanctam synodum convenerunt, contradixerint: vehementissime enim prohibebant de eadem venerabili Ecclesia quidquam in synodo decerni. Speramus autem quod consentientibus totius orbis sacerdotibus, quae Romanis rebus utilia sunt, divina providentia praestare dignabitur. Quapropter per Lucianum Dei amantissimum episcopum et Basilium diaconum ut omnia vobis significarentur decrevimus rogamusque ut quae a sancta synodo constituta sunt, etiam tua in Deum pietas in perpetuum observari praecipiat. Divina te providentia servet multis temporibus, sanctissime et Dei amantissime pater. Data ante diem decimum quintum kalend. Januar. Constantinopoli, consulatu domini nostri Marciani semper Augusti, et ejus qui fuerit nuntiatus.

1 ‹anchor: "πίστεως"› · printed under col 973 Ita etiam ms. Vat., sed legendum ἧς τινος.

So also the Vatican manuscript, but one should read ἧς τινος [of which].

2 ‹anchor: "δέδωκε"› · printed under col 973 Ita legimus cum ms. Vat. Male in vulgatis, παρὰ τῶν ἀπίστων.

So we read with the Vatican manuscript. Wrongly in the printed editions: παρὰ τῶν ἀπίστων [from the faithless].

3 ‹anchor: "συνόδῳ"› · printed under col 973 Ita et ms. Vat., sed legendum ἠπείχθημεν: quod non admonuisse Arnoldum, neque post eum Quesnellum, miramur.

So also the Vatican manuscript, but one should read ἠπείχθημεν [we hastened]: we are surprised that Arnold did not point this out, nor Quesnel after him.

4 ‹anchor: "συμφωνοῦσι"› · printed under col 973 Ita manifeste ms. Vat. Male in vulgatis, τετύπεθαι; quamquam in margine annotatum fuerit: Leg., τετύπωται.

So the Vatican manuscript plainly. Wrongly in the printed editions: τετύπεθαι; although it was noted in the margin: Read τετύπωται [has been decreed].

5 ‹anchor: "τούτου τοῦ"› · printed under col 973 Ita perspicue cod. Vat. In vulg, γράμματος; in margine annotatam fuit: Forte, πράγματος.

So the Vatican codex clearly. In the printed editions: γράμματος [letter]; it was noted in the margin: Perhaps πράγματος [matter].

6 ‹anchor: "ὁμοίως"› · printed under col 974 Ita et ms. Vat., sed legendum forte, ἐρᾶσθαι.

So also the Vatican manuscript, but perhaps one should read ἐρᾶσθαι [to love].

7 ‹anchor: "πάντων"› · printed under col 974 Supplemus κατὰ ex ms. Vat., quae praepositio male abest a vulgatis.

We supply κατὰ [according to] from the Vatican manuscript, a preposition wrongly missing from the printed editions.

8 ‹anchor: "ἡμετέρων"› · printed under col 974 Supplendum hic ex veteri textu Latino, et legendum, ἡμετέρων γραμμάτων.

Here one should supply from the old Latin text and read ἡμετέρων γραμμάτων [our letter].

9 ‹anchor: "λέξεως"› · printed under col 974 Veram hic tibi lectionem exhibet ms. Vaticanus. Corrupte in vulgatis, τοῦ ἀωτέρου; cujus vocis e regione in margine annotatum fuit: Forte, προτέρου.

Here the Vatican manuscript gives you the true reading. Corruptly in the printed editions: τοῦ ἀωτέρου; opposite which word it was noted in the margin: Perhaps προτέρου [former].

10 ‹anchor: "δεύτερον"› · printed under col 974 In vulg., ἔχῃ.

In the printed editions: ἔχῃ [may have].

11 ‹anchor: "προαγορεύεται"› · printed under col 974 Forte, καταξιώσῃ.

Perhaps καταξιώσῃ [may deign].

(The Greek text of Letter C, continued from n972; transcribed, no English. The last five lines are faintly printed.) ἀργία. Χαιρέτω τοίνυν ἡ σὴ ἁγιωσύνη ἐπὶ τῇ νίκῃ τῆς πίστεως οὗτινος ὁ στέφανος τῷ παντοκράτορι χριστῷ ἀναθετέος· οὗτος γὰρ δέδωκε κατὰ τῶν ἀπίστων νίκην· καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἡμεῖς αὐτοὶ παραγενέσθαι τῇ ἁγίᾳ συνόδῳ ὑπείχθημεν, εἰ καὶ ὅτι ἡμᾶς ἐν ἄλλοις τόποις ἐκστρατεῖαί τε καὶ δημόσιαι χρεῖαι κατεῖχον. Τοιγαροῦν ἅπαντα κατ' εὐχὰς τῆς σῆς ἁγιωσύνης, αἵτινες τῇ πίστει συμφωνοῦσι, τετύπωται. Παντὸς τοῦ κόσμου τοῦ ὄντος ὑπὸ τὴν ἡμετέραν βασιλείαν τῶν εὐλαβεστάτων ἐπισκόπων ἐν τῇ Χαλκηδονίων συγκληθέντων, καὶ σκέμματος γενομένου, μετὰ πολλὰς φιλονεικίας ἡ ἀληθὴς πίστις κατέσχε, καὶ κατὰ τὰ γράμματα τῆς σῆς ἁγιωσύνης πάντες συνήνεσαν τῇ ἐκθέσει, καθὼς ἡ ἀλήθεια ἀπήτησε· καὶ οὐδὲν ἀμφιβάλλομεν τούτου τοῦ πράγματος τὴν χάριν ἡμῖν καὶ τῇ σῇ ἁγιωσύνῃ κοινὴν εἶναι, καὶ ἐπ' ἴσης χαίρειν, οὕστινας φανερόν ἐστιν ὁμοίως εἰρῆσθαι τὴν ἀλήθειαν. Λείπει ὅπως πάντων κατὰ τὴν καθολικὴν πίστιν καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν συντεθέντων, καὶ εἰρήνης ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις ἀποδοθείσης, συμπάσαις εὐχαῖς εἰς ἀπώλειαν τῶν πολεμίων ἡ σὴ ἁγιωσύνη τὴν θείαν προσκαλέσηται δύναμιν· ὅπερ σὲ καὶ πρὸ τῶν ἡμετέρων ποιεῖν ὡμολόγηται. Ἐπειδὴ δὲ καὶ τοῦτο τετύπωται, ὥστε τὰ παρὰ τῶν ρν' ἐπισκόπων ἐπὶ τοῦ τῆς θείας λήξεως τοῦ ἀνωτέρου Θεοδοσίου τῆς τιμῆς ἕνεκα τῆς σεπτῆς ἐκκλησίας τῶν Κωνσταντινουπολιτῶν τυπωθέντα, καὶ ἅτινα νῦν ὑπὸ τῆς ἁγίας συνόδου περὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ πράγματος τετύπωται, βέβαια φυλαχθῆναι, δηλαδὴ, ἵνα μετὰ τὸν ἀποστολικὸν θρόνον ὁ τῆς Κωνσταντινουπολιτῶν εὐθέως ἐπίσκοπος δεύτερον ἔχοι τόπον, ἐπειδὴ περίφανεστάτη πόλις νεωτέρα Ῥώμη προαγορεύεται, καταξιώσει ἡ σὴ ἁγιωσύνη καὶ τούτῳ τῷ μέρει συναινέσαι· εἰ καὶ οἱ εὐλαβέστατοι ἐπίσκοποι εἰς τόπον τῆς σῆς θεοφιλείας ἐν τῇ ἁγίᾳ συνόδῳ συνελθόντες ἀντεῖπον· σφοδρότατα γὰρ ἐκώλυον περὶ τῆς αὐτῆς σεπτῆς ἐκκλησίας τυπωθῆναί τι ἐν τῇ συνόδῳ. Ἐλπίζομεν δὲ ὡς συμφωνούντων τῶν τοῦ παντὸς κόσμου ἱερέων τὰ τοῖς ῥωμαϊκοῖς πράγμασι λυσιτελοῦντα ἡ θεία πρόνοια παρασχεῖν καταξιώσει. Διὰ δὴ διὰ Λουκιανοῦ τοῦ θεοφιλεστάτου ἐπισκόπου, καὶ Βασιλείου τοῦ διακόνου πάντα ὑμῖν γνωρισθῆναι ἐθεσπίσαμεν, καὶ αἰτοῦμεν τὰ παρὰ τῆς ἁγίας συνόδου τυπωθέντα ἵνα καὶ ἡ σὴ εὐσέβεια εἰς τὸ διηνεκὲς παραφυλαχθῆναι προστάξῃ. Ἡ θεία σε πρόνοια φυλάττοι πολλοῖς χρόνοις ἁγιώτατε καὶ θεοφιλέστατε πάτερ. Ἐδόθη πρὸ δεκαπέντε καλανδῶν Ἰανουαρίων ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει ὑπατείας τοῦ δεσπότου ἡμῶν Μαρκιανοῦ τοῦ αἰωνίου αὐγούστου, καὶ τοῦ δηλωθησομένου.

(a) printed under this column; its call is in the full-width heading of Letter CI (set under the 976 rail), set in n976 (b) printed under this column; its call is in the full-width heading of Letter CI (set under the 976 rail), set in n976

(c) ‹anchor: "cum sub" (Latin version)› · printed under col 975

Nimirum uti erat Dioscoro praedominante, cum Marcianus ad imperium evectus fuit.

Namely, as it was while Dioscorus was dominant, when Marcian was raised to the imperial throne.

(d) ‹anchor: "oportebat omnia" (Latin version)› · printed under col 975

Observa necessitatem referendi ad apostolicam sedem; unde iterum paulo post, quae debent necessario ad vestram cognitionem venire.

Observe the necessity of referring to the apostolic see; hence again a little later: which must necessarily come to your knowledge.

(e) ‹anchor: "scribimus etiam" (Latin version)› · printed under col 975

Aliam igitur epistolam Anatolius ad Leonem scripserat, cum Lucentius et Bonifacius post concilium remigraverant: quae tamen esse potest ipsa epist. 98 totius concilii nomine ad Leonem missa, cui quidem Anatolius primo loco subscripsit, ut ex antiqua versione liquet. At paulo post hanc epist. 98 uti a concilio scriptam allegat. Hinc porro colligitur eosdem Lucentium et Bonifacium ante hoc tempus discessisse cum actis et relatione ejusdem synodi, ac proinde paulo post kalendas Novembris, cum postrema concilii actio habita fuit.

Anatolius had therefore written another letter to Leo when Lucentius and Boniface had gone back after the council: which may, however, be letter 98 itself, sent to Leo in the name of the whole council, to which Anatolius indeed subscribed in the first place, as is clear from the ancient version. But a little later he cites this letter 98 as written by the council. From this it is further gathered that the same Lucentius and Boniface departed before this time with the acts and the report of the same synod, and so a little after the Kalends of November, when the last session of the council was held.

(f) ‹anchor: "Lucentius simul" (Latin version)› · printed under col 976

In Graeco quidem Λουκιανος Lucianus legitur. At cum ipsi jungatur presbyter Bonifacius, qui simul cum concilii gestis discesserat, palam est legendum esse Lucentius, qui una cum Bonifacio apostolica sedis legatione functus Romam repetiit. Idem confirmant evidentius sequentia, ubi post ipsos hic nominatos, qui chartas concilii detulerant, aliae chartae etiam per nostros mittendae dicuntur. Hinc enim colligitur ipsos fuisse Occidentales distinctos a nostris; nostris autem intelliguntur Lucianus atque Basilius Constantinopoli Romam directi, qui pariter in antecedenti epistola a Marciano memorantur. In ipsis ergo Occidentalibus non solus Bonifacius intelligendus est, sed etiam Lucentius. Neque moveat quod Paschasinus omittatur, qui tamen primus inter legatos Romanae sedis exstitit. Nam sicut S. Leo Paschasinum ad concilium misit non ex Urbe, ut Bonifacium, sed ex Sicilia, ut indicatur epist. 89, 91, et praecipue 94, ita Anatolius idcirco fortassis memorat solummodo Lucentium et Bonifacium, quod hi tantum Romam profecturi essent Paschasinus autem in Siciliam reversurus demigraverit. Quis porro fuerit Marcianus diaconus, qui cum his legatis Occidentalibus discessit, inopia monumentorum ignoramus.

In the Greek, indeed, Λουκιανος, Lucianus, is read. But since the presbyter Boniface is joined to him, who had departed together with the acts of the council, it is plain that Lucentius should be read, who, having discharged the legation of the apostolic see together with Boniface, returned to Rome. What follows confirms the same more clearly, where, after those named here, who had carried the documents of the council, further documents are said to be sent through our men also. For from this it is gathered that those were Westerners, distinct from our men; and by our men are understood Lucianus and Basilius, sent from Constantinople to Rome, who are likewise mentioned by Marcian in the preceding letter. By those Westerners, therefore, not Boniface alone is to be understood, but Lucentius too. Nor should it trouble anyone that Paschasinus is omitted, who was nevertheless the first among the legates of the Roman see. For just as St Leo sent Paschasinus to the council not from the City, like Boniface, but from Sicily, as is indicated in letters 89, 91 and especially 94, so Anatolius perhaps mentions only Lucentius and Boniface for this reason, that only they were to set out for Rome, while Paschasinus had departed to return to Sicily. Who, further, the deacon Marcianus was, who departed with these Western legates, we do not know, for lack of records.

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(The editors' Latin translation of Anatolius's Greek Letter CI, which is printed first in the Vatican Greek codex 1455; left column of page 493; transcribed, no English.) Sanctissimo et beatissimo patri et comministro archiepiscopo antiquae Romae LEONI, ANATOLIUS in Domino salutem. CAP. I. — Vestrae sanctitatis zelus erga pietatem, et sollicitudo rectae fidei omnium salvatori Deo chara et grata, digna facta est omnium admiratione. Mos enim vobis est, qui ita magni estis, in recte factis assurgere, et probationem Christi Ecclesiarum in vestris laudibus ponere. Unde non despexit vestra sanctitas veram fidem profanis suffossam insultibus; sed execrans malos operarios, armis implacabilibus contra pravitatem vehementer illos prostravit. Quoniam igitur piissimi et Christo charissimi nostri imperatores, optimum pietatis zelum praeseferentes, omnem radicem amaram pullulantem rescindere solliciti, ne ab ipsa polluantur (cum ad hoc maxime ad regnum evecti sint, ut fidei Patrum, cum sub tyrannide est, auxilium ferant) ex omni fere loco qui sub sole est sacerdotes colligi jusserunt, ut hi communi sententia confirmantes beatorum et venerabilium Patrum fidem, et consonam illis tuae sanctitatis epistolam, omnem innovationem dissipent peregrinorum schismatum, quae pietatis sensum laedit. Et quoniam oportebat omnia necessario ad notitiam tuae sanctitatis referri, quae consecuta sunt, mittentes hinc electos Dei amantissimum fratrem et coepiscopum nostrum Lucianum, et religiosissimum diaconum Basilium, scribimus etiam rursus ista significantes, quod jam quidem Dei amantissimus frater et coepiscopus noster Lucentius simul cum piissimo presbytero vestro Bonifacio