EDB18604 (TM308235)

Pertaining to Basilica S.Petri apostoli (via Cornelia)
Titulus sepulchralis
Now Lost
Date: 536-537
Edition(s): ICVR II, 4150; Carletti 2008, 214-215, n. 109
quamvis digna tuis non sint pater ista sepulcris
nec titulis egeat clarificata fides
sume tamen laudes quas Petri captus amore
extremo veniens hospes ab orbe legat
sanasti patriae laceratum scismate corpus
restituens propriis membra revulsa locis
imperio devicta pio tibi Graecia cessit
amissam gaudens se reparasse fidem
Africa laetatur multos captiva per annos
pontifices precibus promeruisse tuis
haec ego Silverius quamvis mihi dura notavi
ut possent tumulis fixa manere diu

The elogium probably dates to the pontificate of SIlverius (536-537), son of pope Hormisda (514-523), who composed it after having rearranged the tomb of his father (Carletti, ad loc. cit.).
Antonio Enrico Felle, 11/11/2003
Last update by Antonello Vilella on 30/12/2021
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