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 |