E00342: The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Anteros (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00170), tells of the care he took to collect the written acts of the martyrs, in which he was prompted by the presbyter and martyr Maximus/Maximinus (perhaps *Maximus/Maximilianus, martyr of Rome, buried on the via Salaria vetus, S00173), and records Anteros' own martyrdom, and burial in the cemetery of Callixtus on the via Appia outside Rome, on 3 January [AD 236].

Liber Pontificalis 20

First edition (as reconstructed by Duchesne)

Anteros, natione Grecus, ex patre Romulo, sedit ann. XII m. I d. XII. Martyrio coronatur temporibus Maximini et Africani consulibus. Hic gestas martyrum diligenter a notariis exquisivit et in ecclesia recondit propter quondam Maximo presbitero [qui] martyr effectus est ... Qui etiam sepultus est in cimiterio Calesti, via Appia, III non ian.

'Anteros, born in Greece, son of Romulus, held the see 12 years 1 month 12 days. He was crowned with martyrdom in the time of the consuls Maximinus and Africanus [AD 236]. He carefully sought out the acts of the martyrs from the notaries and deposited them in the church, because of a certain priest Maximus, who was crowned with martyrdom. ... He [Anteros] was buried in the cemetery of Callixtus on the via Appia on the third day before the Nones of January [3 January].'


Second edition

Anteros, natione Grecus, ex patre Romulo, sedit ann. XII m. I d. XII. Martyrio coronatur temporibus Maximini et Africani conss. Hic gestas martyrum diligenter a notariis exquisivit et in ecclesia recondit propter quodam Maximino presbitero qui martyrio coronatus est ... Qui etiam sepultus est in cymiterio Calisti, via Appia, III non. ianuar.

'Anteros, born in Greece, son of Romulus, held the see 12 years 1 month 12 days. He was crowned with martyrdom in the time of the consuls Maximinus and Africanus [AD 236]. He carefully sought out the acts of the martyrs from the notaries and deposited them in the church, because of a certain priest Maximinus, who was crowned with martyrdom ... He [Anteros] was buried in the cemetery of Callixtus on the via Appia on third day before the Nones of January [3 January].'


Text: Duchesne 1886, 65 and 147. Translation: Davis 2010, 8, lightly modified.