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Undc, etiamsi pignus reliquiarum sacrae crucis putamus esse vobiscum, a sancto tamen Æliæ urbis antistite hanc specialiter munificentiam credimus expetendam. Qui revera sacramenti istius veram et inviolabilem puritatem loci administratione conservans, sic desiderabili potens est impertire nos dono, ut ab omni cunctationis absolvat ambiguo. Qua de rc plurimum pagina farnulante deposco, ut ad præfatae ecclesiae sacerdotem litteras apostolatus vester tribuat portitori: quatenus gemina nobis veniat benedictione firmamentum, quod ecclesiarum præeminentium mundo, vel consulta sedis vestrae auctoritas respondebit, vel humanitas illius obsecrata porrexerit.
因此，儘管我們認為聖十字架聖髑的信物已在您那裡，我們仍相信這慷慨的餽贈尤當向聖城耶路撒冷（Aelia城）的聖主教求取。他實在藉著管理此地而保存那聖物真實不可侵犯的純潔，因而能將可欲的恩賜賜予我們，使我們免除一切遲疑的疑慮。為此，我藉這奉命的書頁懇切請求：願您使徒之職賜書信予持信人，帶交前述教會的主教；好叫我們藉雙重的祝福得著堅固的憑據——這既是您那在普世教會中卓然超群之座席的權威所應允的，也是那主教蒙懇求後所惠施的。
Hence, even though we think that a pledge of the relics of the holy Cross is with you, yet we believe this munificence is to be sought especially from the holy bishop of the city of Aelia [Jerusalem]. For he, preserving by the administration of the place the true and inviolable purity of that sacred thing, is thus able to impart to us a desirable gift, so as to free us from all doubt of hesitation. On this matter I most earnestly beg, by this ministering page, that your apostolate would grant to the bearer letters to the bishop of the aforesaid church: so that a firm ground may come to us by a twofold blessing — which either the counsel-worthy authority of your see, pre-eminent among the churches of the world, will supply, or the kindness of that man, when besought, will extend.