Letter CDLXIII. To Cardinal Luke. On the same matter

(A. D 1139).

To Magister L(uke), by the grace of God, Cardinal of the Apostolic See, a man who loves him much sends greeting: with the prayer that he may abide in the love of God.¹

Those who persecute the Archbishop of Lyons² are influenced by their own evil passions, and do not observe the limits of fairness. It is needful for you to exert yourself not feebly, but vigorously, on behalf of that man, for he is powerfully attacked. Let the love of me add something to your zeal, for it is an injury to my own Archbishop,³ as you know, that I am witnessing.