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St Boniface, tr. Kylie, 1911

Letter 34: Sigebald, Probably Abbot of Chertsey, Writes to Boniface, that Through the…

To the most venerable lord and archbishop, Boniface, the privilege of whose parental love should be made widespread, Sigebald, most unworthy and lowly servant of the servants of God, greetings in the Lord.

With humblest prayers, as though kneeling before thee on bended knees, I beg thee to pardon the request which I have made to thee through thy priest Eobo; I have asked him to tell thee of my desire and prayer, that thou shouldst be my bishop along with my bishop Daniel. Of thy clemency thou wouldst ere this have granted my petition if he had done as I asked him to do. I thought, my master, that some word of comfort would have come to me. Be it known to thee that from that time I had thy name recorded, with the names of our bishops, whenever I celebrated the holy mass. And now I shall not cease to remember it as long as I live; and if I survive thee, I have thy name recorded beside the name of our father, Bishop Ercnwald. I must assure thee, however, that I write this, trusting not in my own merits, sinner that I am, but in the mercy of God, and the hope which thou hast in Him. So I pray that some memory of me, such as my lowliness deserves, may linger with thee both now and in the future. Farewell in Christ.