E00324: The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Pius (bishop of Rome, S00672) tells of his burial in Rome close to the body of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) on 11 July [AD 146]. An interpolation in the second edition, certainly added later than 546, probably in Rome, attributes to Pius the construction of the church in Rome of *Pudentiana (martyr of Rome, S00591), sister of *Praxedes (martyr of Rome, S00142).

Liber Pontificalis 11

First edition (as reconstructed by Duchesne)

Pius, natione Italus, ex patre Rufino, frater Pastoris, de civitate Aquileia, sedit ann. XVIIII m. IIII d. III. Fuit autem temporibus Antonini Pii, a consulatu Clari et Severi ... Qui etiam sepultus est iuxta corpus beati Petri in Vaticano V id. iul.

'Pius, born in Italy, son of Rufinus, brother of Pastor, from the city of Aquileia, held the see 19 years 4 months 3 days. He was bishop in the time of Antoninus Pius, from the consulship of Clarus and Severus [AD 146] ... He was buried close to the blessed Peter’s body on the Vatican on the 5th day before the Ides of July (11 July).'


Second edition

Pius, natione Italus, ex patre Rufino, frater Pastoris, de civitate Aquilegia, sedit ann. XVIIII m. IIII d. III. Fuit autem temporibus Antonini Pii, a consolatu Clari et Severi ... ... Qui etiam sepultus est iuxta corpus beati Petri in Vaticano V id. Iul.

'Pius, born in Italy, son of Rufinus, brother of Pastor, from the city of Aquileia, held the see 19 years 4 months 3 days. He was bishop in the time of Antoninus Pius, from the consulship of Clarus and Severus [AD 146] ... ... He was buried close to the blessed Peter’s body on the Vatican on the 5th day before the Ides of July [11 July].'


Text: Duchesne 1886, 59 and 132. Translation: Davis 2010, 5, lightly modified.

The passage in brackets, <>, in the second edition is an interpolation of uncertain date, found only in some of the manuscripts of the Liber Pontificalis.