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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Hormisdas, bishop of Rome, ob. 523

Saint ID

S00799

Reported Death Not Before

523

Reported Death Not After

523

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01353The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Hormisdas (bishop of Rome, ob. 523, S00799), states that he was buried at the basilica of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) in Rome, on 6 August [AD 523].