Letters294 Letter CCXCIV. To pope eugemus, on behalf of the bishop of le Mans. (Circa A.n. 1150)
Letter CCXCIV. To pope eugemus, on behalf of the bishop of le Mans. (Circa A.n. 1150)
He recommends the Bishop and others to the Pope.
The Bishop of Le Mans is here.- If you do not know him let me say that he is a man of whose truth and honesty no one has any doubt, except those who do not know him well. From his youth up he has been known and beloved by me for his well-known virtues, as well as for the other good points in his character. If any slander against him has been brought before you, holy Father, either I am deceived, or the slanderer has lied to his own harm. Hear the Bishop, and dismiss him in the fulness of your favour. I have been deceived if he has not been well placed. I ask that the Abbot of Vendome, who is specially devoted to you, may find special favour with you, and that his reasonable request may be obtained without difficulty. The Bishop of Angers is sending a messenger, seeking something at your hands, both by himself and through one, and I ask that he may be heard for his righteousness, and that a lying slanderer may not be heard against him. It is Fitting that you who live for all should have power for all according to their merits.
Adest episcopus Cenomanensis. Ipse est, si nescitis, de cujus veritate et honestate nullus dubitat, nisi qui bene non novit hominem. Mihi quidem ab ineunte juventute sua notus et dilectus est, tam pro memoratis virtutibus, quam pro aliis bonis moribus suis. Si quid aliud Paternitati vestrae de eo insusurratum est, aut ego fallor, aut ille mentitus est in caput suum. Audite eum, et cum plenitudine gratiae vestrae remittite. Deceptus sum enim, si bene non fuerit collocata. Abbas Vindocinensis, qui specialiter vester est, rogamus ut et ipse specialem inveniat gratiam, et rationabilis ejus petitio haud difficilem assequi mereatur effectum. Dominus Andegavensis mittit nuntium suum, et per se et per nos aliquid petens. Exaudiatur et ipse pro justitia sua, et non exaudiatur contra eum susurro mendax. Dignum est enim ut qui omnibus vivitis, omnibus pro meritis valeatis.