E01425: The short Life of Sabinianus, bishop of Rome 604-606, in the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome, early in the 7th c., mentions his provision of lights in St.Peter's (the Apostle, S00036), his funerary procession which left the city by the gate of *John (probably the Baptist, S00020), and his burial at St Peter's; all in Rome.

Liber Pontificalis 67

Sabinianus, natione Tuscus, de civitate Blera, ex patre Bono, sedit ann. I mens. V dies VIIII.

'Sabinianus, born in Tuscia, from the city of Blera, son of Bonus, held the see 1 year 5 months 9 days.'

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Hic in ecclesia beati Petri apostoli luminaria addidit. Quo defuncto funus eius eiectus est per portam sancti Iohannis, ductus est foris muros civitatis ad pontem Molvium. Qui sepultus est in ecclesia beati Petri apostoli.

'He added lights in the church of the blessed Peter the apostle. On his death his funeral procession was taken out by St John’s Gate and conducted outside the city walls to the Milvian Bridge; he was buried in the church of the blessed Peter the apostle. '


Text: Duchesne 1886, 315. Translation: Davis 2010, 60, lightly modified.

The passage in brackets, <>, is an interpolation, recorded in only some manuscripts of the Liber Pontificalis; it is uncertain when it was added to the text.