Book of pontiffs, Laurentian fragment

Title(s):
  • Book of pontiffs, Laurentian fragment
Period covered:
Peter-555
Language:
Latin
State of Preservation:
Partial
Genre:
  • Biography (collective)
  • List (bishops)
Remarks:
The core of the work, a life of Symmachus of Rome, was composed in the context of the Laurentian schism around 515-519. It was then later continued until Vigilius of Rome.
Edition - Translation:
  • L. Duchesne, C. Vogel (1955) Le Liber pontificalis: Texte, introduction et commentaire. Paris: 43-46.
  • E. Wirbelauer (1993) Zwei Päpste in Rom: Der Konflikt zwischen Laurentius und Symmachus (498-514). Studien und Texte (Quellen und Forschungen zur antiken Welt, 16). Munich.
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