E01429: The short Life of *Boniface IV (bishop of Rome, ob. 615, S00841) in the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome, early in the 7th c., mentions his conversion of the Pantheon into the church of the blessed *Mary, 'ever-virgin' (S00033), and of All Martyrs (S02818), and Boniface's burial in the church of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), all in Rome.

Liber Pontificalis 69

Bonifatius, natione Marsorum, de civitate Valeria, ex patre Iohanne medico, sedit ann. VI mens. VIII dies XIII.
Huius temporibus famis, pestilentiae et inundationes aquarum gravissime fuerunt. Eodem tempore petiit a Focate principe templum qui appellatur Pantheum, in quo fecit ecclesiam beatae Mariae semper virginis et omnium martyrum; in qua ecclesia Focas princeps dona multa optulit. Hic domum suam monasterium fecit, quem et ditavit.Quo defuncto sepultus est ad beatum Petrum apostolum.

'Boniface, born among the Marsi, from the city of Valeria, son of Iohannes, a physician, held the see 6 years 8 months 13 days. In his time there were a very serious famine, plagues, and floods. At that time he asked the emperor Phocas for the temple called the Pantheon, and in it he made the church of the blessed Mary ever-virgin and all martyrs; in this church the emperor presented many gifts. He made his own house into a monastery and enriched it. On his death he was buried at the blessed Peter the apostle.'


Text: Duchesne 1886, 317. Translation: Davis 2010, 61.