Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum, Vol. LIV: Augustini Epistulae Pars I

to sing with worthy praise of Auxentius of Milan Auxentius of Milan, a controversial bishop in the 4th century, who lay in wait for this man's vigilance, buried almost before he was dead, or of the Roman bishop who, already almost ensnared by the nets of a faction, both defeated his adversaries and did not harm those he overcame?

But I myself, excluded by narrow limits, pass these things over and leave them to be commemorated by others after me. I am content only with the end of the present matter: he approaches the emperor with industry, wearies him with prayers, softens him with merit, and earns it with his solicitude, so that he might restore to liberty the one who had been restored to life.