E01071: The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Hyginus (bishop of Rome, S00671), states that he was buried in Rome close to the body of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) on 11 January [AD 149].

Liber Pontificalis 10

First edition (as reconstructed by Duchesne)

Yginus, natione Grecus, ex philosopho, de Athenis, sedit ann. IIII m. III d. III. Fuit autem temporibus Veri et Marci, a consulatu Magni et Camerini usque ad Orfito et Camerino... Qui etiam sepultus est iuxta corpus beati Petri in Vaticanum III id. ianuar.

'Hyginus, born in Greece, a former philosopher, from Athens, held the see 4 years 3 months 3 days. He was bishop in the time of Verus and Marcus from the consulship of Magnus [Niger] and Camerinus to that of Orfitus and Camerinus [AD 149] ... He was buried close to the body of the blessed Peter on the Vatican on 11 January.'


Second edition

Yginus, natione Grecus, ex philosopho, de Athenis, cuius genealogia non inveni, sedit ann. IIII m. III d. IIII. Fuit autem temporibus Veri et Marci, a consulatu Magni et Camerini usque ad Orfito et Prisco... Qui etiam sepultus est iuxta corpus beati Petri in Vaticanum III id. ianuar.

'Hyginus, born in Greece, a former philosopher, from Athens, whose ancestry I have not traced, held the see 4 years 3 months 4 days. He was bishop in the time of Verus and Marcus from the consulship of Magnus [Niger] and Camerinus to that of Orfitus and Priscus [AD 149] ... He was buried close to the body of the blessed Peter on the Vatican on 11 January.'


Text: Duchesne 1886, 57 and 131. Translation: Davis 2010, 4-5, lightly modified.