E00821: Basil of Caesarea, in his Letter 202 of 375, to Amphilochios of Ikonion/Iconium, reports that, though ill, he paid a visit by carriage to shrines of martyrs near Kaisareia/Caesarea of Cappadocia (central Asia Minor). Written in Greek at Kaisareia.

Basil of Caesarea, Letters (CPG 2900), Letter 202

ΑΜΦΙΛΟΧΙῼ ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠῼ ΙΚΟΝΙΟΥ

(1.) Καὶ ἄλλως μέν μοι πολλοῦ ἄξιον τὸ συντυγχάνειν τῇ σεμνότητί σου, νῦν δὲ καὶ μάλιστα, ὅτε τοιοῦτόν ἐστι τὸ συνάγον ἡμᾶς πρᾶγμα. Ἀλλ’ ἐπειδὴ τὰ λείψανα τῆς ἀρρωστίας μου τοιαῦτα ὡς μηδὲ τὴν βραχυτάτην μοι κίνησιν συγχωρεῖν, ὅς γε, ἵνα τὴν μέχρι τῶν μαρτυρίων ὁδὸν ὀχήματι πορευθῶ, πάλιν μικροῦ πρὸς τὴν αὐτὴν ὑπέστρεψα νόσον, ἀνάγκη συγγνώμης τυχεῖν παρ’ ὑμῶν. (………)

‘To Amphilochios, Bishop of Ikonion

In any event a meeting with your Grace means much to me, but now especially so, when the matter which brings us together is so important. But since the vestiges of my illness are of such a nature as to permit me not even the slightest movement—in fact, just that I might journey by carriage as far as the shrines of the martyrs, I almost had a relapse again into the same disease—I must obtain pardon from you. (…………)’

Text: Courtonne, vol. 2, p. 166-167.
Translation: Deferrari, vol. 3, p. 141 (modified).