Note that this work follows the print edition convention, which places traditional epistle 13, Epistula Mariae ad Ignatium, before the other 12 epistles, so that nominal epistle 13 precedes nominal epistle 1 and does not appear after nominal epistle 12. Ἰγνάτιος, ὁ καὶ Θεοφόρος, τῇ ἠλεημένῃ χάριτι θεοῦ πατρὸς ὑψίστου καὶ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἀποθανόντος πιστοτάτῃ, ἀξιοθέῳ, χριστοφόρῳ θυγατρὶ Μαρίᾳ πλεῖστα ἐν θεῷ χαίρειν.