File(s) not publicly available
E01097: The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Eleuther (bishop of Rome, S00673), states that he was buried in Rome close to the body of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) on 24 May [AD 185].
online resource
posted on 2016-01-30, 00:00 authored by robertLiber Pontificalis 14
First edition (as reconstructed by Duchesne)
Eleuther, natione Grecus, ex patre Abundio, de oppido Nicopoli. Sedit ann. XV m. III d. II. Fuit [autem] temporibus Antonini et Commodi usque Paterno et Bradua... Qui [etiam] sepultus est iuxta corpus beati Petri, in Vaticano, VIIII kal. iun.
'Eleuther, born in Greece, son of Abundius, from the town of Nicopolis, held the see 15 years 3 months 2 days. He was bishop in the time of Antoninus and Commodus to the [consulship] of Paternus [Maternus] and Bradua [AD 185]. He was buried close to the body of the blessed Peter on the Vatican, on the 9th day before the Kalends of June [24 May].'
Second edition
Eleuther, natione Grecus, ex patre Habundio, de oppido Nicopoli. Sedit ann. XV m. III d. II. Fuit autem temporibus Antonini et Commodi usque Paterno et Bradua... Qui etiam sepultus est iuxta corpus beati Petri, in Vaticano, VIIII kal. iun.
'Eleuther, born in Greece, son of Abundius, from the town of Nicopolis, held the see 15 years 3 months 2 days. He was bishop in the time of Antoninus and Commodus to the [consulship] of Paternus [Maternus] and Bradua [AD 185]. He was buried close to the body of the blessed Peter on the Vatican, on the 9th day before the Kalends of June [24 May].'
Text: Duchesne 1886, 59/61 and 136. Translation: Davis 2010, 5-6, lightly modified.
First edition (as reconstructed by Duchesne)
Eleuther, natione Grecus, ex patre Abundio, de oppido Nicopoli. Sedit ann. XV m. III d. II. Fuit [autem] temporibus Antonini et Commodi usque Paterno et Bradua... Qui [etiam] sepultus est iuxta corpus beati Petri, in Vaticano, VIIII kal. iun.
'Eleuther, born in Greece, son of Abundius, from the town of Nicopolis, held the see 15 years 3 months 2 days. He was bishop in the time of Antoninus and Commodus to the [consulship] of Paternus [Maternus] and Bradua [AD 185]. He was buried close to the body of the blessed Peter on the Vatican, on the 9th day before the Kalends of June [24 May].'
Second edition
Eleuther, natione Grecus, ex patre Habundio, de oppido Nicopoli. Sedit ann. XV m. III d. II. Fuit autem temporibus Antonini et Commodi usque Paterno et Bradua... Qui etiam sepultus est iuxta corpus beati Petri, in Vaticano, VIIII kal. iun.
'Eleuther, born in Greece, son of Abundius, from the town of Nicopolis, held the see 15 years 3 months 2 days. He was bishop in the time of Antoninus and Commodus to the [consulship] of Paternus [Maternus] and Bradua [AD 185]. He was buried close to the body of the blessed Peter on the Vatican, on the 9th day before the Kalends of June [24 May].'
Text: Duchesne 1886, 59/61 and 136. Translation: Davis 2010, 5-6, lightly modified.
History
Evidence ID
E01097Saint Name
Eleuther, bishop of Rome, ob. c. 180 : S00673Saint Name in Source
EleutherRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)Language
- Latin
Evidence not before
530Evidence not after
546Activity not before
175Activity not after
185Place 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
