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E01099: The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Dionysius (bishop of Rome, S00542), states that he was buried in the cemetery of Callixtus on the via Appia outside Rome, on 27 December [AD 269].
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posted on 2016-01-31, 00:00 authored by robertLiber Pontificalis 26
First edition (as reconstructed by Duchesne)
Dionisius, ex monacho cuius generationem non potuimus repperire, sedit ann. VI m. II d. IIII. Fuit autem temporibus Gallieni, ex die XI kal. aug., Emiliano et Basso consulibus [259] usque in die VII kal. ianuar., a consulatu Claudii et Paterini [269]... [Qui etiam sepultus est] in cimiterio Calisti, via Appia, VI kal. ianuar.
'Dionysius, a former monk, whose ancestry we have been unable to trace, held the see 6 years 2 months 4 days. He was bishop in the time of Gallienus from the 11th day before the Kalends of August [22 July] in the consulship of Aemilianus and Bassus [AD 259] to the 7th day before the Kalends of January [26 December] in the consulship of Claudius and Paternus [AD 269]... he was buried in the cemetery of Callixtus on the via Appia on the 6th day before the Kalends of January [27 December].'
Second edition
Dionisius, ex monacho cuius generationem non potuimus repperire, sedit ann. VI m. II d. IIII. Fuit autem temporibus Gallieni, ex die XI kal. aug., Emiliano et Basso consulibus [259] usque in die VII kal. ianuar., a consulatu Claudii et Paterini [269]... Qui etiam sepultus est in cymiterio Calisti, via Appia, VI kal. ianuar.
'Dionysius, a former monk, whose ancestry we have been unable to trace, held the see 6 years 2 months 4 days. He was bishop in the time of Gallienus from the 11th day before the Kalends of August [22 July] in the consulship of Aemilianus and Bassus [AD 259] to the 7th day before the Kalends of January [26 December] in the consulship of Claudius and Paternus [AD 269]... he was buried in the cemetery of Callixtus on the via Appia on the 6th day before the Kalends of January [27 December].'
Text: Duchesne 1886, 71 and 157. Translation: Davis 2010, 10-11.
First edition (as reconstructed by Duchesne)
Dionisius, ex monacho cuius generationem non potuimus repperire, sedit ann. VI m. II d. IIII. Fuit autem temporibus Gallieni, ex die XI kal. aug., Emiliano et Basso consulibus [259] usque in die VII kal. ianuar., a consulatu Claudii et Paterini [269]... [Qui etiam sepultus est] in cimiterio Calisti, via Appia, VI kal. ianuar.
'Dionysius, a former monk, whose ancestry we have been unable to trace, held the see 6 years 2 months 4 days. He was bishop in the time of Gallienus from the 11th day before the Kalends of August [22 July] in the consulship of Aemilianus and Bassus [AD 259] to the 7th day before the Kalends of January [26 December] in the consulship of Claudius and Paternus [AD 269]... he was buried in the cemetery of Callixtus on the via Appia on the 6th day before the Kalends of January [27 December].'
Second edition
Dionisius, ex monacho cuius generationem non potuimus repperire, sedit ann. VI m. II d. IIII. Fuit autem temporibus Gallieni, ex die XI kal. aug., Emiliano et Basso consulibus [259] usque in die VII kal. ianuar., a consulatu Claudii et Paterini [269]... Qui etiam sepultus est in cymiterio Calisti, via Appia, VI kal. ianuar.
'Dionysius, a former monk, whose ancestry we have been unable to trace, held the see 6 years 2 months 4 days. He was bishop in the time of Gallienus from the 11th day before the Kalends of August [22 July] in the consulship of Aemilianus and Bassus [AD 259] to the 7th day before the Kalends of January [26 December] in the consulship of Claudius and Paternus [AD 269]... he was buried in the cemetery of Callixtus on the via Appia on the 6th day before the Kalends of January [27 December].'
Text: Duchesne 1886, 71 and 157. Translation: Davis 2010, 10-11.
History
Evidence ID
E01099Saint Name
Dionysius, bishop of Rome, ob. c. 267 : S00542Saint Name in Source
DionisiusRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)Language
- Latin
Evidence not before
530Evidence not after
546Activity not before
262Activity not after
272Place of Evidence - Region
Rome and regionPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
RomePlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Rome Rome Rome Roma Ῥώμη RhōmēMajor author/Major anonymous work
Liber PontificalisCult activities - Festivals
- Saint’s feast
