Symmachus (left) and Boethius, presentation miniature, Boethius, De institutione arithmetica, c. 845
Western Roman Consul
In office 485–485
Monarch
Theodoric
Preceded by
Decius Marius Venantius Basilius
Succeeded by
Caecina Mavortius Basilius Decius
Personal details
Died
526
Nationality
Roman
Relations
Symmachi
Children
Rusticiana, Galla, and ProbaBoethius, adopted
Parent
Quintus Aurelius Symmachus
Profession
Historian, patron
Not to be confused with Quintus Aurelius Symmachus or Quintus Aurelius Symmachus (consul 446).
Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus (died 526) was a 6th-century Roman aristocrat, a historian and a supporter of Nicene Christianity.[1] He was a patron of secular learning, and became the consul for the year 485. He supported Pope Symmachus in the schism over the Popes' election, and was executed with his son-in-law Boethius after being charged with treason.
^Noel Harold Kaylor; Philip Edward Phillips (3 May 2012), A Companion to Boethius in the Middle Ages, BRILL, pp. 8–, ISBN 978-90-04-18354-4, retrieved 19 January 2013
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