Name
Silverius, bishop of Rome, ob. 537
Saint ID
S00812
Reported Death Not Before
537
Reported Death Not After
537
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Bishops , "Confessors"
| ID | Title | E01367 | The short Life of *Silverius (bishop of Rome, ob. 537, S00812) in the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome, probably during the 6th c., mentions the destruction of the tombs of martyrs in the suburbs of Rome during the Gothic siege of 536. It also presents Silverius' death in exile at the island of Pontiae (today's Ponza) as that of a 'confessor', dates his burial there to 20 June 537 and attributes healing power to his tomb. |
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