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Chapter uncertain; original source section: Letter 5

Complete historical editorial footnotes. These notes retain the original edition’s wording; individual note authors are unspecified.

English translation and editorial credits: Blomfield Jackson (translator and notes), Charles Hole (proof revision and suggestions), Reginald Geare (translation assistance; individual letters unallocated).

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1895 (historical English edition; transcription printing date uncertain) | Historical editor/translator (individual note author unspecified)

cf. Letter 290. The identification of the two Nectarii is conjectural. “Tillemont is inclined to identify Basil’s correspondent with the future bishop of Constantinople, but without sufficient grounds.” D.C.B. see.

Editorial footnote · The Letters, Chapter uncertain; original source section: Letter 5, editorial note cite_note-2 · Original source

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To Nectarius.