Mosaic of Symmachus in the apse of the Church of Saint Agnes Outside the Walls
Church
Catholic Church
Papacy began
22 November 498
Papacy ended
19 July 514
Predecessor
Anastasius II
Successor
Hormisdas
Personal details
Born
Sardinia, Vandal Kingdom
Died
(514-07-19)19 July 514 Rome, Ostrogothic Kingdom
Sainthood
Feast day
19 July
Venerated in
Catholic Church
Pope Symmachus (died 19 July 514) was the bishop of Rome from 22 November 498 to his death.[1] His tenure was marked by a serious schism over who was elected pope by a majority of the Roman clergy.[1]
PopeSymmachus (died 19 July 514) was the bishop of Rome from 22 November 498 to his death. His tenure was marked by a serious schism over who was elected...
who later became pope. During the Laurentian schism, Hormisdas was one of the most prominent clerical partisans of PopeSymmachus. He was notary at the...
against Symmachus in an attempt to secure his deposition. Theodoric summoned Symmachus to Ariminum to answer these charges, but after arriving, Symmachus fled...
senatorial families in Rome; his father, Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, had been consul in 446. Memmius Symmachus had three daughters (Rusticiana, Galla and Proba)...
Old Testament Symmachus ben Joseph, a Jewish Tanna sage of the fifth generation Symmachus (consul 522), son of Boethius PopeSymmachus, bishop of Rome...
This article lists the popes who have been canonised. A total of 83 out of 265 deceased popes have been recognised universally as canonised saints, including...
PopeSymmachus (498–514) Pope Silverius (536–537) Pope Eusebius (309/310) Pope John V (685–686) Pope Sisinnius (708) Pope Constantine (708–715) Pope Gregory...
This chronological list of popes of the Catholic Church corresponds to that given in the Annuario Pontificio under the heading "I Sommi Pontefici Romani"...
(492–496) Pope Anastasius II (496–498) PopeSymmachus (498–514) Pope Hormisdas (514–523) Pope John I (523–526) Pope Felix IV (526–530) Pope Boniface II...
early sixth-century Symmachean forgeries emanating from the curia of PopeSymmachus (died 514), the Emperor Constantine was cured of leprosy by the virtue...
Silla. July 19 – PopeSymmachus dies at Rome after a 16-year reign, and is succeeded by Hormisdas as the 52nd pope. July 19 – PopeSymmachus Aelle of Sussex...
the riots in the days of PopeSymmachus (term 498–514). The name of his father might point to a familial relation with popes: Felix III (483–492) and...
Pancratii) is a minor Roman Catholic basilica and titular church founded by PopeSymmachus in the 6th century in Rome, Italy. It stands in via S. Pancrazio, westward...
written to PopeSymmachus in 506, John confessed his error in opposing him, condemned Peter of Altinum and Laurentius, and begged pardon of Symmachus. He would...
as early as the 5th century during the pontificate of PopeSymmachus (reigned 498–514). Popes gradually came to have a secular role as governors of regions...
The Cappella Paolina remains closed to tourists. In the 5th century, PopeSymmachus built a papal palace close to the Old St. Peter's Basilica which served...
forgeries are a sheaf of forged documents produced in the curia of PopeSymmachus (498–514) in the beginning of the sixth century, in the same cycle that...
succeeded by Symmachus as the 51st pope, in the official papal selection in the Lateran Palace (Rome). Meanwhile, Antipope Laurentius is elected "pope" in the...
consecrated Pope Damasus. Lanzoni, p. 109. Bellator of Ostia subscribed to the decrees of the Roman Synod of February–March 499, held by PopeSymmachus. Mansi...
persuaded by Theoderic the Great to resign his claim to the throne of PopeSymmachus, ending a schism in the Catholic Church; Laurentius then fasts until...
Established underneath the San Pacrazio basilica which was built by PopeSymmachus on the place where the body of the young martyr Saint Pancras, or Pancratius...
fifth century onwards, for the basilica of Saint Pancras was built by PopeSymmachus (498–514), on the place where the body of the young martyr had been...
as pope split decisively from one another and each appointed a rival pope. The faction against conciliation was able to name Symmachus as the pope to...
A collection of popes have had violent deaths through the centuries. The circumstances have ranged from martyrdom (Pope Stephen I) to war (Lucius II)...
letters in the Collectio Avellana. In the events leading up to the schism, Pope Felix III wrote two letters, one to Emperor Zeno and one to Patriarch Acacius...
and 502 at the time of the political battle for the papacy between PopeSymmachus (498-514) and antipope Laurentius. The other four, the first two with...
Santa Prassede and Santa Pudenziana in Rome. The acts of the synod of PopeSymmachus (499) show the existence of a titulus Pudentis, a church with the authority...
pope. The subsequent triumph of PopeSymmachus (498–514) over Antipope Laurentius is the first recorded example of simony in papal history. Symmachus...
Space. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-068137-1. For example, PopeSymmachus (498–514) described canopies as tiburium and tegurium, meaning "small...
who died in 543. In 514, Caesarius sent a messenger, Messianus, to PopeSymmachus in the company of an abbot named Aegidius. It is possible that this...
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