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| To Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium.
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CCII.2725
To Amphilochius, bishop of Iconium.
Under other circumstances
I should think it a special privilege to meet with your reverence, but
above all now, when the business which brings us together is of such
great importance. But so much of my illness as still clings to me
is enough to prevent my stirring ever so short a distance. I
tried to drive as far as the martyrs2726
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conjectures that the drive was to St. Eupsychius, but the day of St.
Eupsychius fell in September, which the Ben. note thinks too late
for the date of this letter. The memorials of St. Julitta and
St. Gordius were also near Cæsarea, but their days fell in
January, which the same note thinks too early. Gregory of
Nyssa (Migne iii. p. 653) says that there were more altars in
Cappadocia than in all the world, so that we need have no difficulty
in supposing some saint whose date would synchronize with the
letter. Basil, however, may have tried to drive to the shrine
of some martyr on some other day than the anniversary of his
death. | and had a
relapse almost into my old state. You must therefore forgive
me. If the matter can be put off for a few days, I will, by
God’s grace join you, and share your anxieties. If the
business presses, do, by God’s help, what has to be done; but
reckon me as present with you and as participating in your worthy
deeds. May you, by the grace of the Holy One, be preserved to
God’s Church, strong and joyous in the Lord, and praying for
me.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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