Name
Symmachus, bishop and confessor of Rome, ob. 514
Saint ID
S00793
Reported Death Not Before
514
Reported Death Not After
514
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
"Confessors", Bishops
| ID | Title | E01345 | The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Symmachus (bishop and confessor of Rome, ob. 514, S00793), mentions the ordination of his rival, Laurentius, in the church of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033); the murder of priests of the churches of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), called 'in chains', and of *Iohannes and Paulus (brothers and eunuchs, martyrs of Rome under the emperor Julian, S00384); and the burial of Symmachus at St Peter's basilica on 19 July [AD 514]; all in Rome. In the second edition, Symmachus is described as a 'confessor', one who suffered for his faith. | E01347 | The second edition of the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome between the 530s and 546, in its account of *Symmachus (bishop and confessor of Rome, S00793), lists his extensive work at the basilica of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) in Rome, honouring a number of different saints. |
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