教宗實錄 第 1 章

THE BOOK OF THE POPES (Late 6th century A.D.?). To the most blessed Pope Damasus, from Jerome. Our humble self entreats the glory of your sanctity, that according to the apostolic see which we have learned is governed through your holiness, we pray this, bowed down: that you would deign to recount to us in order of peace the acts of the deeds done from the primacy of the blessed apostle Peter down to your own times — what things were done in your see; so that our humble self may come to know who merited to be crowned with the martyrdom of the bishops of the aforesaid holy see, or who is known to have transgressed against the canons of the apostles. Pray for us, most blessed Pope. Damasus, bishop of the city of Rome, to Jerome the presbyter.

The Church rejoices, now satisfied from your fountain, and the inquisitiveness of the priestly ages thirsts the more, that what is worthy may be known and what is unworthy may be rejected. Yet what was done, what we were able to find, the zeal of our see has joyfully directed to your charity. Pray for us at the holy Resurrection, brother and fellow-presbyter. Farewell in Christ God our Lord. Given on the tenth day before the Kalends of June; received on the sixth day before the Kalends of October; sent from Rome to Jerusalem. 1. The blessed Peter, apostle and chief of the apostles, an Antiochene, son of John, of the province of Galilee, of the town of Bethsaida, brother of Andrew, first occupied the chair of the episcopate in Antioch for seven years.

This Peter, having entered into the city of Rome under Nero Caesar, there occupied the chair of the episcopate for twenty-five years, two months, and three days. He lived in the times of Tiberius Caesar, and of Gaius, and of Tiberius Claudius, and of Nero. 2. He wrote two epistles, which are called catholic, and the Gospel of Mark, because Mark was his hearer and his son by baptism; afterwards, the whole fountain of the four gospels, which were confirmed at his questioning and by his testimony — that is, Peter's — for while one agrees in Greek, another in Hebrew, another in Latin, yet they were confirmed by his testimony. 3. He ordained two bishops, Linus and Cletus, who in person were to render all priestly ministry to the people in the city of Rome and to those coming thither;

but the blessed Peter himself gave his leisure to prayer and preaching, instructing the people. 4. He held many disputations with Simon Magus, both before Nero the emperor and before the people; so that those whom blessed Peter gathered to the faith of Christ, Simon by his magic arts and deceptions sought to separate. And when they had contended for a long while, Simon was destroyed by the divine will. 5. He consecrated the blessed Clement as bishop, and committed to him the chair and the whole ordering of the church, saying: «

Just as the power of binding and loosing has been handed down to me for governing by my Lord Jesus Christ, so I also commit to you that, by ordaining administrators of the various causes through whom the ecclesiastical action may be carried out, you may by no means be found given over to the cares of the world; but study to give yourself solely to prayer and to preaching to the people. » 6. After this arrangement he is crowned with martyrdom together with Paul, in the thirty-eighth year after the Lord's passion. He was buried on the Aurelian Way, in the temple of Apollo, near the place where he was crucified, near the Neronian palace, in the Vatican, near the Triumphal territory, on the third day before the Kalends of July. He held ordinations in the month of December: three bishops, ten presbyters, seven deacons.

1. Linus, by nation an Italian, of the region of Tuscia, whose father was Herculanus, sat for eleven years, three months, and twelve days. He lived in the times of Nero, from the consulship of Saturninus and Scipio (56) up to the consulship of Capito and Rufus (67). He is crowned with martyrdom. 2. By the precept of blessed Peter he established that a woman should enter the church with her head veiled. He held two ordinations: fifteen bishops, eighteen presbyters. He was buried beside the body of blessed Peter, in the Vatican, on the ninth day before the Kalends of October. 1. Cletus, by nation a Roman, of the region of the Patrician Quarter, whose father was Aemilianus, sat for twelve years, one month, and eleven days. He lived in the times of Vespasian and Titus, from the consulship of Vespasian (his seventh) and Domitian (his fifth) (77) up to the consulship of Domitian (his ninth) and Rufus (83).

He is crowned with martyrdom. 2. By the precept of blessed Peter he ordained twenty-five presbyters in the city of Rome. He too was buried beside the body of blessed Peter, in the Vatican, on the sixth day before the Kalends of May. And the episcopate was vacant for twenty days. 1. Clement, by nation a Roman, of the region of the Caelian Hill, whose father was Faustinus, sat for nine years, two months, and ten days. He lived in the times of Galba and Vespasian, from the consulship of Tragalus and Italicus (68) up to that of Vespasian (his ninth) and Titus (76). While he was writing many books out of zeal for the Christian faith and religion, he is crowned with martyrdom. 2. He established seven regions; he divided them among faithful notaries of the church, who should carefully and diligently search out the deeds of the martyrs, each one throughout his own region.

3. He wrote two epistles which are called catholic. By the precept of blessed Peter he received the pontificate of governing the church, just as the chair had been handed down and committed to him by the Lord Jesus Christ; yet in the epistle which was written to James you will find how the church was committed to him by blessed Peter. Therefore Linus and Cletus are recorded before him, because they were ordained bishops by the very chief of the apostles for the rendering of priestly ministry. 4. He held two ordinations in the month of December: ten presbyters, two deacons; and fifteen bishops in various places. He died a martyr in the third year of Trajan. He too was buried in Greece on the eighth day before the Kalends of December. And the episcopate was vacant for twenty-one days.

1. Anacletus, by nation a Greek, of Athens, whose father was Antiochus, sat for nine years, two months, and ten days. He lived in the times of Domitian, from the consulship of Domitian (his tenth) and Sabinus (84) up to that of Domitian (his seventeenth) and Clement (95). 2. He built and arranged a memorial of blessed Peter, since he had been made a presbyter by blessed Peter, and other places where bishops might be laid in burial; where he too was buried, beside the body of blessed Peter, on the third day before the Ides of July. 3. He held two ordinations in the month of December: five presbyters, three deacons; bishops in various places to the number of six. And the episcopate was vacant for thirteen days. 1. Evaristus, by nation a Greek, whose father was a Jew named Judas, of the city of Bethlehem, sat for nine years, ten months, and two days.

He lived in the times of Domitian and of Nerva Trajan, from the consulship of Valens and Vetus (96) up to that of Gallus and Bradua (108). He is crowned with martyrdom. 2. He divided the title-churches in the city of Rome among the presbyters, and ordained seven deacons who should guard the bishop while he preached, for the sake of the truth of his discourse. 3. He held three ordinations in the month of December: seventeen presbyters, two deacons; bishops in various places, fifteen. He too was buried beside the body of blessed Peter, in the Vatican, on the sixth day before the Kalends of November. And the episcopate was vacant for nineteen days. 1. Alexander, by nation a Roman, whose father was Alexander, of the region of the Bull's Head, sat for ten years, seven months, and two days. He lived in the times of Trajan, up to the consulship of Aelianus and Vetus (116).

2. He mingled the passion of the Lord in the preaching of the priests, when masses are celebrated. He is crowned with martyrdom, and with him Eventius the presbyter and Theodulus the deacon. He appointed that the water of sprinkling be blessed with salt in the dwellings of men. 3. He held three ordinations in the month of December: six presbyters, two deacons; bishops in various places to the number of five. He too was buried on the Nomentan Way, where he was beheaded, not far from the city of Rome, at the seventh milestone, on the fifth day before the Nones of May. And the episcopate was vacant for thirty-five days. 1. Xystus, by nation a Roman, whose father was Pastor, of the region of the Broad Way, sat for ten years, two months, and one day. He lived in the times of Hadrian, up to the consulship of Verus and Ambibulus (126). He is crowned with martyrdom.

2. He appointed that the sacred vessels should not be touched except by the ministers. He appointed that whatever bishop had been summoned to the apostolic see, on returning to his parish should not be received unless with letters of the apostolic see, of greeting to the people — which is called a formata (letter of credence). 3. He held three ordinations in the month of December: eleven presbyters, four deacons; bishops in various places to the number of four. He too was buried beside the body of blessed Peter, in the Vatican, on the third day before the Nones of April. And the episcopate was vacant for two months. He appointed that within the canon the priest, beginning, should chant the hymn to the people: « Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of Hosts », and the rest.

1. Telesphorus, by nation a Greek, formerly an anchorite, sat for eleven years, three months, and twenty-one days. He lived in the times of Antoninus and Marcus. 2. He appointed that for seven weeks before Easter a fast should be celebrated, and that on the Lord's nativity masses should be celebrated at night: for at every other time, no one should presume to celebrate masses before the course of the third hour, the hour at which our Lord ascended the cross; and that before the sacrifice the angelic hymn should be said, that is: « Glory to God in the highest ». He is crowned with martyrdom. 3. He indeed was buried beside the body of blessed Peter, in the Vatican, on the fourth day before the Nones of January. He held four ordinations in the month of December: twelve presbyters, eight deacons; bishops in various places, thirteen.

And the episcopate was vacant for seven days. 1. Hyginus, by nation a Greek, formerly a philosopher, of Athens, whose genealogy I have not found, sat for four years, three months, and four days. He lived in the times of Verus and Marcus, from the consulship of Magnus and Camerinus (138) up to that of Orfitus and Priscus (149). 2. He arranged the clergy and distributed the grades. He held three ordinations in the month of December: fifteen presbyters, five deacons; bishops in various places, six. He too was buried beside the body of blessed Peter, in the Vatican, on the third day before the Ides of January. And the episcopate was vacant for three days. 1. Pius, by nation an Italian, whose father was Rufinus, brother of Pastor, of the city of Aquileia, sat for nineteen years, four months, and three days.

He lived in the times of Antoninus Pius, from the consulship of Clarus and Severus (146). 2. Under his episcopate Hermas wrote a book, in which is contained the command which the angel of the Lord enjoined upon him, when he came to him in the guise of a shepherd; and he commanded him that Easter should be celebrated on the Lord's Day. 3. He appointed that a heretic coming from the heresy of the Jews should be received and baptized; and he made an enactment concerning the church. 5. He held five ordinations in the month of December: nineteen presbyters, twenty-one deacons; bishops in various places to the number of twelve. He too was buried beside the body of blessed Peter, in the Vatican, on the fifth day before the Ides of July. And the episcopate was vacant for fourteen days.

4. At the request of the blessed Praxedis he dedicated a church, the Baths of Novatus, in the Patrician Quarter, in honour of her sister Saint Potentiana, where he also offered many gifts; and where, often offering sacrifice to the Lord, he ministered. Moreover he had a baptismal font built, blessed and consecrated with his own hands; and he baptized many who came to the faith, in the name of the Trinity. 1. Anicetus, by nation a Syrian, whose father was John, of the town of Humisa, sat for eleven years, four months, and three days. He lived in the times of Severus and Marcus, from the consulship of Gallicanus and Vetus (150) up to that of Praesens and Rufinus (153). 2. He appointed that the clergy should not nourish long hair, according to the precept of the apostle. He held five ordinations in the month [of December]:

nineteen presbyters, four deacons; bishops in various places to the number of nine. He too died a martyr and was buried in the cemetery of Callistus, on the twelfth day before the Kalends of May. And the episcopate was vacant for seventeen days. 1. Soter, by nation a Campanian, whose father was Concordius, of the city of Fundi, sat for nine years, six months, and twenty-one days. He lived in the times of Severus, from the consulship of Rusticus and Aquilinus (162) up to that of Cethegus and Clarus (170). 2. He appointed that no monk should touch the consecrated pall, nor place incense in the holy church. 3. He held three ordinations in the month of December: eighteen presbyters, nine deacons; bishops in various places to the number of eleven. He too was buried in the cemetery of Callistus, on the Appian Way, on the tenth day before the Kalends of May.

And the episcopate was vacant for twenty-one days. 1. Eleutherius, by nation a Greek, whose father was Habundius, of the town of Nicopolis, sat for fifteen years, three months, and two days. He lived in the times of Antoninus and Commodus, up to the consulship of Paternus and Bradua (185). 2. He received a letter from Lucius, a British king, that he might be made a Christian by his mandate. And this also he confirmed: that no food should be rejected by Christians, especially by the faithful, which God has created, and which is rational and human (fit for human use). 3. He held three ordinations in the month of December: twelve presbyters, eight deacons; bishops in various places to the number of fifteen. He too was buried beside the body of blessed Peter, in the Vatican, on the ninth day before the Kalends of June. And the episcopate was vacant for fifteen days.

1. Victor, by nation an African, whose father was Felix, sat for ten years, two months, and ten days. He lived in the times of Caesar, from the consulship of Commodus (his second) and Glabrio (186) up to that of Lateranus and Rufinus (197). 2. He appointed that holy Easter should be celebrated on the Lord's Day, as Eleutherius had done. He drew up the following clergy lists. He is crowned with martyrdom. And he appointed that, when necessity compelled, wherever a person was found — whether in a river, or in the sea, or in springs — provided only that the Christian confession of faith were clearly made, whosoever of men coming from the Gentiles should be baptized. 4. He held two ordinations in the month of December: four presbyters, seven deacons; bishops in various places, twelve.

3. He made an enactment, at the questioning of the priests concerning the cycle of Easter [that it should be on the Lord's Day of Easter], a conference having been held with the presbyters and bishops, and Theophilus, bishop of Alexandria, having been summoned; a gathering being held, that from the fourteenth moon of the first month up to the twenty-first, on the Lord's Day, holy Easter should be observed. He was buried beside the body of the blessed apostle Peter, in the Vatican, on the fifth day before the Kalends of August. And the episcopate was vacant for twelve days. 1. Zephyrinus, by nation a Roman, whose father was Habundius, sat for eight years, seven months, and ten days. He lived in the times of Antoninus and Severus, from the consulship of Saturninus and Gallicanus (198) up to the consulship of Praesens and Extricatus (217).

2. He appointed that all clerics and faithful laymen should be present, whether a cleric, or a levite (deacon), or a priest were being ordained. And he made an enactment concerning the church: that glass patens be set before the priests in the church, and ministers supporting them, until the bishop should celebrate the masses, with the priests standing before him, that thus the masses might be celebrated; except that, as far as the bishop's own right is concerned, the clergy should bear all things in the presence of those present; from that consecration, from the hand of the bishop, the presbyter should now receive the consecrated host to be handed to the people. 3. He held four ordinations in the month of December: fourteen presbyters, seven deacons; bishops in various places to the number of thirteen.

He too was buried in his own cemetery, beside the cemetery of Callistus, on the Appian Way, on the eighth day before the Kalends of September. And the episcopate was vacant for six days. 1. Callistus, by nation a Roman, whose father was Domitius, of the region of the Ravennants' Quarter, sat for six years, two months, and ten days. He lived in the times of Macrinus and Elagabalus, from the consulship of Antoninus (218) to that of Alexander (222). He is crowned with martyrdom. 2. He appointed that the fast on the Sabbath day be kept three times a year — of grain, of wine, and of oil — according to the prophecy. He built a basilica across the Tiber. 3. He held five ordinations in the month of December: sixteen presbyters, four deacons; bishops in various places to the number of eight. 4. He too was buried in the cemetery of Calepodius, on the Aurelian Way, at the third milestone, on the day before the Ides of October.

He made another cemetery on the Appian Way, where many priests and martyrs rest, which is called even to this present day the cemetery of Callistus. And the episcopate was vacant for sixteen days. 1. Urban, by nation a Roman, whose father was Pontianus, sat for four years, ten months, and twelve days. 2. He had all the sacred vessels made of silver, and placed twenty-five silver patens. 3. He was also a notable confessor in the times of Diocletian. By his teaching he converted many to baptism and to the faith, including even Valerian, a most noble man, the betrothed of Saint Cecilia, whom he also led on to the palm of martyrdom; and through his admonitions many were crowned with martyrdom. 4. He held five ordinations in the month of December: nineteen presbyters, seven deacons;

bishops in various places to the number of eight. He too was buried in the cemetery of Praetextatus, on the Appian Way — he whom the blessed Tiburtius buried — on the fourteenth day before the Kalends of June. And the episcopate was vacant for thirty days. 1. Pontianus, by nation a Roman, whose father was Calpurnius, sat for nine years, five months, and two days. He is crowned with martyrdom. He lived in the times of Alexander, from the consulship of Pompeianus and Pelignianus (231). 2. At the same time the bishop Pontianus and the presbyter Hippolytus were deported into exile by Alexander, to the island of Sardinia, to Bucina, in the consulship of Severus and Quintianus (235). On that same island, afflicted and worn out with cudgels, he died on the third day before the Kalends of November, and in his place Anteros was ordained on the eleventh day before the Kalends of December. 3. He held two ordinations in the month [of December]:

six presbyters, five deacons; bishops in various places to the number of six. The blessed Fabian brought him back by ship with the clergy, and buried him in the cemetery of Callistus, on the Appian Way. And the episcopate was vacant for ten days. 1. Anteros, by nation a Greek, whose father was Romulus, sat for twelve years, one month, and twelve days. He is crowned with martyrdom in the times of Maximinus and Africanus, consuls (236). 2. He diligently sought out the deeds of the martyrs from the notaries, and laid them up in the church, on account of a certain Maximinus the presbyter who was crowned with martyrdom. 3. He made one bishop in the city of Fundi in Campania, in the month of December. He too was buried in the cemetery of Callistus, on the Appian Way, on the third day before the Nones of January. And the episcopate was vacant for thirteen days.

1. Fabian, by nation a Roman, whose father was Fabius, sat for fourteen years, eleven months, and eleven days. He is crowned with martyrdom. He lived in the times of Maximus and Africanus (236) up to that of Decius (his second) and Quadratus (250), and he suffered on the fourteenth day before the Kalends of February. 2. He divided the regions among the deacons, and made seven subdeacons who should oversee the seven notaries, that they might faithfully collect the deeds of the martyrs in full; and he ordered that many structures be built throughout the cemeteries. 3. And after his passion the presbyters Moses and Maximus, and the deacon Nicostratus, were seized and cast into prison. 4. At the same time Novatus came over from Africa and separated from the church Novatian and certain confessors, after Moses had died in prison, having been there for eleven months;

and thus many Christians fled. 5. He held five ordinations in the month of December: twenty-two presbyters, seven deacons; bishops in various places, eleven. He too was buried in the cemetery of Callistus, on the Appian Way, on the fourteenth day before the Kalends of February. And the episcopate was vacant for seven days. 1. Cornelius, by nation a Roman, whose father was Castinus, sat for two years, two months, and three days. He is crowned with martyrdom. 2. Under his episcopate Novatus ordained Novatian outside the church, and Nicostratus in Africa. This being done, the confessors who had separated themselves from Cornelius, together with the presbyter Maximus who had been with Moses, returned to the church and became faithful confessors.

3. After this Cornelius the bishop was driven out to Centumcellae, and there he received a letter sent to him concerning his confirmation, from Cyprian — which Cyprian wrote in prison — and concerning Celerinus the lector. 3. In his times, at the request of a certain matron named Lucina, he raised up by night the bodies of the apostles, blessed Peter and Paul, from the Catacombs: first indeed the body of blessed Paul, which the blessed Lucina received and laid in her own estate, on the Ostian Way, near the place where he was beheaded; the body of blessed Peter the blessed bishop Cornelius received and laid near the place where he was crucified, among the bodies of the holy bishops, in the temple of Apollo, on the Golden Mount, in the Vatican of the palace of Nero, on the third day before the Kalends of July. 5. After this he walked by night to Centumcellae.

At the same time Decius heard that he had received a letter from the blessed Cyprian, bishop of Carthage. He sent to Centumcellae and produced the blessed bishop Cornelius, whom however he ordered to be presented to him at Tellus, by night, before the temple of Pallas. He thus assails him, saying: « Have you so determined, that you regard neither the gods, nor the precepts of your forefathers, nor fear our threats, so as to receive and dispatch letters against the commonwealth? » Bishop Cornelius answered, saying: « I received letters concerning the crown of the Lord, not against the commonwealth, but rather for the redeeming of souls. » 6. Then Decius, full of wrath, ordered the mouth of blessed Cornelius to be beaten with leaded scourges, and commanded that he be led to the temple of Mars to worship;

and if he would not do it, he said he should be beheaded. And this indeed was done. He too was beheaded in the aforesaid place and was made a martyr. His body the blessed Lucina collected by night and buried in a crypt beside the cemetery of Callistus, on the Appian Way, on her own estate, on the eighteenth day before the Kalends of October. 7. And the episcopate was vacant for sixty-six days. 1. Lucius, by nation a Roman, whose father was Porphyrius, sat for three years, three months, and three days. He is crowned with martyrdom. He lived in the times of Gallus and Volusianus (252) up to that of Valerian (his third) and Gallicanus (255). 2. He was in exile; afterwards by the will of God he returned unharmed to the church. 3. He commanded that two presbyters and three deacons should in every place not forsake the bishop, for the sake of ecclesiastical testimony.

He too was beheaded by Valerian on the third day before the Nones of March. 4. He gave power over all the church to his archdeacon Stephen, while he was going to his passion. 5. He held two ordinations in the month of December: four presbyters, four deacons; bishops in various places to the number of seven. He too was buried in the cemetery of Callistus, on the Appian Way, on the eighth day before the Kalends of September. And the episcopate was vacant for thirty-five days. 1. Stephen, by nation a Roman, whose father was Jovius, sat for seven years, five months, and two days. He is crowned with martyrdom. He lived in the times of Valerian and Gallienus and Maximus, up to the time of Valerian (his third) and Gallienus (his second) (255). 3. He appointed for priests and levites that they should not use the consecrated vestments in daily use, except in church.

He held two ordinations in the month of December: six presbyters, five deacons; and bishops in various places to the number of three. He was also buried in the cemetery of Callistus on the Appian Way, on the fourth day before the Nones of August. And the episcopate was vacant for twenty-two days. In his times he was deported into exile, but afterward, by the will of God, he returned to the church unharmed. And after thirty-four days, seized by Maximian, he was sent to prison together with nine presbyters and two bishops, Honorius and Castus, and three deacons, Xystus, Dionysius, and Gaius. There in the prison, at the Arch of the Star, he held a synod, and he gave into the power of his archdeacon Xystus all the vessels of the church and the chest of money; and after six days, going forth under guard, he himself was beheaded.

Xystus, Greek by nation, formerly a philosopher, occupied the see one year, ten months, and twenty-three days. He was crowned with martyrdom. He lived in the times of Valerian and Decius, at which time there was a very great persecution. At the same time he was arrested by Valerian and brought forward to sacrifice to demons. He despised the commands of Valerian; he was beheaded, and with him six other deacons: Felicissimus and Agapitus, Januarius, Magnus, Vincentius, and Stephanus, on the eighth day before the Ides of August. And presbyters governed from the consulship of Maximus and Glabrio, the second time (255), until that of Tuscus and Bassus (258), from the consulship of Tuscus and Bassus until the thirteenth day before the Kalends of August, at which time a most savage persecution pressed hard under Decius.

And after the passion of the blessed Xystus, on the third day after, there suffered the blessed Laurentius his archdeacon, on the fourth day before the Ides of August, and the subdeacon Claudius and the presbyter Severus and the lector Crescentius and the doorkeeper Romanus. He held two ordinations in the month of December: four presbyters, seven deacons; bishops in various places, two. He was indeed buried in the cemetery of Callistus on the Appian Way; while the six deacons mentioned above were buried in the cemetery of Praetextatus on the Appian Way; and the blessed Laurentius aforesaid in the cemetery of Cyriaca, in the Verano field, in a crypt, with other martyrs. And the episcopate was vacant for thirty-five days. Dionysius, formerly a monk, whose lineage we have not been able to discover, occupied the see six years, two months, and four days.

He lived in the times of Gallienus, from the eleventh day before the Kalends of August in the consulship of Aemilianus and Bassus (259) until the seventh day before the Kalends of January, from the consulship of Claudius and Paternus (269). He gave churches to presbyters and established cemeteries and the parishes of the diocese. He held two ordinations in the month of December: twelve presbyters, six deacons; seven bishops in various places, to the number of eight. He too was buried in the cemetery of Callistus on the Appian Way, on the sixth day before the Kalends of January. And the episcopate was vacant for five days. Felix, Roman by nation, son of Constantius, occupied the see four years, three months, and twenty-five days. He was crowned with martyrdom. He lived in the times of Claudius and Aurelian, from the consulship of Claudius and Paternus (269) until the consulship of Aurelian and Capitulinus (274).

He decreed that Masses should be celebrated over the memorials of the martyrs. He held two ordinations in the month of December: nine presbyters, five deacons; bishops in various places, to the number of five. He built a basilica on the Aurelian Way, where he was also buried, on the third day before the Kalends of June, at the second milestone from the city of Rome. And the episcopate was vacant for five days. Eutychianus, Tuscan by nation, son of Marinus, occupied the see one year, one month, and one day. He lived in the times of Aurelian, from the consulship of Aurelian (his third) and Marcellinus (275) until the Ides of December in the consulship of Carus (his second) and Carinus (283). He decreed that of the fruits, only beans and grapes should be blessed upon the altar. In his own times he buried with his own hands three hundred and forty-two martyrs in various places.

He also decreed that whoever among the faithful should bury a martyr should by no means bury him without a dalmatic or a purple-dyed colobium, this however to be made known to him. He held five ordinations in the month of December: fourteen presbyters, five deacons; bishops in various places, to the number of nine. And he was crowned with martyrdom. He too was buried in the cemetery of Callistus on the Appian Way, on the eighth day before the Kalends of August. And the episcopate was vacant for eight days. Gaius, Dalmatian by nation, of the family of the emperor Diocletian, son of Gaius, occupied the see eleven years, four months, and twelve days. He lived in the times of Carinus, from the sixteenth day before the Kalends of January, from the consulship of Carus (his second) and Carinus (283), until the tenth day before the Kalends of May, in the consulship of Diocletian (his fourth) and Constantius (his second) (296).

He decreed that all the orders in the church should be ascended thus: that if anyone should be deemed worthy of the episcopate, he should be doorkeeper, lector, exorcist, server, subdeacon, deacon, presbyter, and thereafter be ordained bishop. He divided the regions among the deacons. Fleeing the persecution of Diocletian by dwelling in the crypts, he was crowned with martyrdom after eight years. He held four ordinations in the month of December: twenty-five presbyters, eight deacons; bishops in various places, five. [After eleven years he, together with his brother Gabinus, was crowned with martyrdom on account of the daughter of the presbyter Gabinus, named Susanna.] He was indeed buried in the cemetery of Callistus on the Appian Way, on the tenth day before the Kalends of May. And the episcopate was vacant for eleven days.

Marcellinus, Roman by nation, son of Projectus, occupied the see nine years, four months, and sixteen days. He lived in the times of Diocletian and Maximian, from the Kalends of July, from the consulship of Diocletian (his sixth) and Constantius (his second) (296) until that of Diocletian (his ninth) and Maximian (his eighth) (304), at which time there was a great persecution, so that within thirty days seventeen thousand persons of both sexes throughout the various provinces were crowned with Christian martyrdom. On account of this, Marcellinus himself was led to sacrifice to offer incense, which he indeed did. And after a few days, brought to repentance, he was beheaded by the same Diocletian for the faith of Christ together with Claudius and Cyrinus and Antoninus, and they are crowned with martyrdom.

And after this deed the holy bodies lay in the open street for twenty-five days as an example to Christians, by order of Diocletian. And thereafter the presbyter Marcellus gathered the bodies by night, together with presbyters and deacons, with hymns, and buried them on the Salarian Way, in the cemetery of Priscilla, in a chamber that lies open to this present day, which he himself had appointed as a penitent while he was being dragged to execution, in a crypt beside the body of the holy Crescentio, on the seventh day before the Kalends of May. He held two ordinations in the month of December: four presbyters, two deacons; bishops in various places, five. From that day the episcopate was vacant seven years, six months, and twenty-five days, while Diocletian persecuted the Christians.

Marcellus, Roman by nation, son of Benedictus, from the region of the Via Lata, occupied the see five years, seven months, and twenty-one days. He lived in the times of Maxentius, from the consulship of Maxentius (his fourth) and Maximus until after the consulship. He made the cemetery of Novella on the Salarian Way, and established twenty-five title-churches in the city of Rome, as it were dioceses, for the baptism and penance of the many who were being converted from the pagans, and for the burials of the martyrs. He ordained twenty-five presbyters in the city of Rome and two deacons in the month of December; bishops throughout the regions, twenty-one. He was constrained and seized because he was ordering the church, and was apprehended by Maxentius so that he might deny he was a bishop and be humbled to the sacrifices of demons.

But always despising and mocking the words and commands of Maxentius, he was condemned to the catabulum (the public stable). While he served in the stable for many days, he did not cease to serve the Lord with prayers and fastings. But in the ninth month his whole clergy came by night and rescued him by night from the stable. A certain matron named Lucina, a widow, who had been married fifteen years with her husband Marcus and had lived nineteen years in her widowhood, received the blessed man; and she dedicated her house as a title-church in the name of the blessed Marcellus, where day and night she gave praise to the Lord Jesus Christ with hymns and prayers.

When Maxentius heard this, he sent and seized the blessed Marcellus again, and ordered that planks be brought into that same church and that the animals of the public stable be gathered there and kept, and that the blessed Marcellus himself should serve them. Yet in the service of the animals, naked, clothed only in a hair-shirt, he died. His body the blessed Lucina gathered and buried in the cemetery of Priscilla on the Salarian Way, on the seventeenth day before the Kalends of February. And the episcopate was vacant for twenty days. Lucina indeed was condemned by a written sentence. Eusebius, Greek by nation, formerly a physician, occupied the see six years, one month, and three days. He lived in the times of Constans. In his time was found the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, on the fifth day before the Nones of May, and there was baptized Judas, who was also called Cyriacus.

He found heretics in the city of Rome, whom he reconciled by the laying on of the hand. He held one ordination in the month of December: thirteen presbyters, three deacons; bishops in various places, to the number of fourteen. He too was buried in the cemetery of Callistus on the Appian Way, on the sixth day before the Nones of October. And the episcopate was vacant for seven days. Miltiades, African by nation, occupied the see four years, seven months, and eight days, from the Nones of July, from the consulship of Maxentius (his ninth) until that of Maximus (his second), which fell in the month of September in the consulship of Volusianus and Rufinus. He decreed that on no account should any of the faithful keep a fast on the Lord's Day or on Thursday, because the pagans celebrated those days as a kind of sacred fast. And Manichaeans were found in the City.

From that same day he ordained that the consecrated offerings should be sent through the churches from the bishop's consecration, which is called the fermentum. He held one ordination in the month of December: seven presbyters, five deacons; bishops in various places, to the number of eleven. He was buried in the cemetery of Callistus on the Appian Way, on the fourth day before the Ides of December. And the episcopate was vacant for sixteen days. Silvester, Roman by nation, son of Rufinus, occupied the see twenty-three years, ten months, and eleven days. He lived in the times of Constantine and Volusianus, from the Kalends of February until the Kalends of January in the consulship of Constantius and Volusianus.

He was in exile on Mount Soracte, and afterward, returning with glory, he baptized Constantine Augustus, whom the Lord healed of leprosy, fleeing whose persecution he is known to have first gone into exile. He built in the city of Rome a church on the estate of one of his presbyters who was surnamed Equitius, which church he established as a Roman title, near the baths of Domitian, which to this present day is called the title of Equitius, where he also established these gifts: a silver paten, weighing twenty pounds, from the gift of Augustus Constantine. He gave also: two silver chalices, each weighing ten pounds; a golden chalice, weighing two pounds; five ministerial chalices, each weighing two pounds; two silver flagons, each weighing

ten pounds; a silver chrismal paten overlaid with gold, weighing five pounds; ten crowned lamp-stands, each weighing eight pounds; twenty bronze lamps, each weighing ten pounds; twelve bronze candle-bearing chandeliers, each weighing three hundred pounds; the Valerian estate in the Sabine territory, which yields eighty solidi; the Statian estate in the Sabine territory, which yields fifty-five solidi; the estate of the Two Cottages in the Sabine territory, which yields forty solidi; the Percilian estate in the Sabine territory, which yields twenty solidi; the Corbian estate in the territory of Cora, which yields sixty solidi; a house in the city with a bath, in the Sicininus region, which yields eighty-five solidi; a garden within the city of Rome, in the region 'At the Two Lovers,' which yields fifteen solidi;

a house in the Orpheus region, within the city, which yields fifty-eight and a third solidi. He made a constitution concerning every church. Also in his times a council was held by his command at Nicaea in Bithynia; and there gathered three hundred and eighteen catholic bishops, who set forth the whole faith, catholic and immaculate, and condemned Arius and Photinus and Sabellius and their followers. And in the city of Rome he himself gathered, with the counsel of Augustus, two hundred and sixty-seven, and again condemned both Callistus and Arius and Photinus and Sabellius;

and he decreed that a presbyter should not receive a repentant Arian unless the bishop of the designated place did so, and that chrism should be confected by the bishop, and that bishops should have the privilege of signing the baptized, on account of heretical persuasion. He also decreed this, that the presbyter should anoint the baptized with chrism taken up from the water, on account of the eventuality of death in passing. He decreed that no layman should dare to bring a charge against a cleric. He decreed that deacons should wear dalmatics in church and that their left arms should be covered with linen palls. He decreed that no cleric, for any cause whatsoever, should enter the court of justice, nor plead a case before a girt judge, except in church.

He decreed that the sacrifice of the altar should not be celebrated on silk nor on dyed cloth, but only on linen produced from the earth, just as the body of our Lord Jesus Christ was buried in a clean linen shroud: so should the Masses be celebrated. He decreed that if anyone desired to serve in the church or to advance, he should be a lector for thirty years, an exorcist for thirty days, an acolyte for five years, a subdeacon for five years, a guardian of the martyrs for five years, a deacon for seven years, a presbyter for three, proven in every respect, and that even from those who are outside he should have good testimony, being the husband of one wife, his wife blessed by a priest, and thus advance to the order of the episcopate;

that no one should usurp a greater or higher place, but should with modesty acknowledge the order of the seasons, by the willing favor of all the clerics, with no cleric whatsoever objecting. He held six ordinations of presbyters and deacons in the month of December: forty-two presbyters, twenty-seven deacons, at various times in the city of Rome; bishops in various places, to the number of sixty-five. In his times Constantine Augustus built these basilicas, which he also adorned: the Constantinian Basilica, where he placed these gifts: a silver baldachin of beaten work, which has on its front the Savior seated on a throne, five feet high, weighing one hundred and twenty pounds, and the twelve apostles, each five feet high weighing ninety pounds, with crowns of the purest silver;

likewise, looking back into the apse, the Savior seated on a throne, five feet high, of the purest silver, weighing one hundred and forty pounds, and four angels of silver, each five feet, weighing one hundred and five pounds, with Alabandine gems for eyes, holding spears; the baldachin itself weighing two thousand and twenty-five pounds, of wrought silver. A vault of the purest gold, and a lamp of the purest gold which hangs beneath the baldachin with fifty dolphins of the purest gold, weighing fifty pounds, with chains weighing twenty-five pounds; four crowns of the purest gold with twenty dolphins, each weighing fifteen pounds; the vault of the basilica of triple-threaded gold, five hundred pounds in length and breadth; seven altars of the purest silver, each weighing two hundred pounds; seven golden patens, each weighing thirty pounds;

sixteen silver patens, each weighing thirty pounds; seven cups of the purest gold, each weighing ten pounds; a single cup of coral material, adorned all around with green and hyacinth gems, inset with gold, which weighs in all twenty pounds and three ounces; twenty silver cups, each weighing fifteen pounds; two flagons of the purest gold, each weighing fifty pounds, each holding three medimni; twenty silver flagons, each weighing ten pounds, each holding one medimnus; forty smaller chalices of the purest gold, each weighing one pound; fifty smaller ministerial chalices, each weighing two pounds. Adornment in the basilica:

a lamp-chandelier of the purest gold, before the altar, in which burns pure spikenard oil, with eighty dolphins, weighing thirty pounds; a silver lamp-chandelier with twenty dolphins, which weighs fifty pounds, where pure spikenard oil burns; forty-five silver lamp-chandeliers in the nave of the basilica, each weighing thirty pounds, where the aforesaid oil burns; on the right side of the basilica, forty silver lamps, each weighing twenty pounds; in the left of the basilica, twenty-five silver lamp-chandeliers, each weighing twenty pounds; fifty silver candle-bearing chandeliers in the nave of the basilica, each weighing twenty pounds; three vats of the purest silver, each weighing three hundred pounds, holding ten medimni;

seven candelabra of orichalcum, before the altars, which are ten feet high, with ornamentation of silver inset with figures of the prophets, each weighing three hundred pounds. For these he appointed in the service of the lights: the Gargilian estate in the Suessan territory, yielding four hundred solidi; the Bauronican estate in the Suessan territory, yielding three hundred and sixty solidi; the Aurian estate in the Laurentine territory, yielding five hundred solidi; the Urban estate in the Antian territory, yielding two hundred and forty solidi; the Sentilian estate in the Ardeatine territory, yielding two hundred and forty solidi; the estate of Castis in the Catenan territory, yielding one thousand solidi; the estate of Trapeae in the Catinan territory, yielding one thousand six hundred and fifty solidi; two censers of the purest gold, weighing thirty pounds; a gift of spices before the altars, one hundred and fifty pounds each year.

The holy font, where Augustus Constantine was baptized, made of porphyry stone and covered on every side, within and without and above, with the purest silver, and as much as holds the water, of three thousand and eight pounds. In the midst of the font a porphyry column which bears a golden bowl where the candle is, weighing fifty-two pounds of the purest gold, where in the days of Easter there burns balsam to the amount of two hundred pounds, with a wick made of asbestos tow. On the rim of the baptismal font a golden lamb pouring forth water, weighing thirty pounds; at the right of the lamb, the Savior of the purest silver, five feet high, weighing one hundred and seventy pounds; at the left of the lamb, the blessed John the Baptist of silver, five feet high, holding a written inscription which has this:

BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD, BEHOLD HIM WHO TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD, weighing one hundred and twenty-five pounds; seven silver stags pouring forth water, each weighing eighty pounds; a censer of the purest gold with forty-nine green gems, weighing fifteen pounds. A gift to the holy font: the estate of Festus, prefect of the sacred bedchamber, which Augustus Constantine gave, in the Praenestine territory, yielding three hundred solidi; the estate of Gaba in the Gabine territory, yielding two hundred and two solidi; the estate of Pictae in the aforesaid territory, yielding two hundred and five solidi; the Statilian estate in the territory of Cora, yielding three hundred solidi; the estate of Taurana within Sicily, in the Panormitan territory, yielding five hundred solidi; within the city of Rome, houses or storehouses, yielding two thousand three hundred solidi; the estate of Bassus, yielding one hundred and twenty solidi;

the estate of Laninae in the Carseolan territory, yielding two hundred solidi; the estate of Caculae in the Nomentan territory, yielding fifty solidi; the Statian estate in the Sabine territory, yielding three hundred and fifty solidi; the estate of Murinae in the Appian-Albanense territory, yielding three hundred solidi; the estate of Virgo in the territory of Cora, yielding two hundred solidi; overseas, within the parts of Africa: the estate of Iuncis in the Mucarian territory, yielding eight hundred solidi; the estate of Capsis in the Capsitan territory, yielding six hundred solidi; the estate of Varia Sardana in the Mimnensian territory, yielding five hundred solidi; the estate of Camarae in the territory of Cryptalupus, yielding four hundred and five solidi; the estate of Numas in the territory of Numidia, yielding six hundred and fifty solidi; the Sulphurous estate in the territory of Numidia, yielding seven hundred and twenty solidi;

the oil-producing estate of Walzari in the territory of Numidia, yielding eight hundred and ten solidi; in the Greek lands: the Cephalinian estate, yielding five hundred solidi; in Mengaulum: the estate of Amazon, yielding two hundred and twenty-two solidi. At the same time Augustus Constantine built a basilica to the blessed apostle Peter in the temple of Apollo, whose coffin with the body of Saint Peter he enclosed thus: he sealed the coffin itself on every side with Cyprian bronze, so that it is immovable: at the head, five feet; at the feet, five feet; at the right side, five feet; at the left side, five feet; beneath, five feet; above, five feet; thus he enclosed and laid away the body of the blessed apostle Peter. And he adorned it above with porphyry columns and other vine-wreathed columns, which he brought from the Greek lands.

He made also the vault of the basilica gleaming with gold leaf, and over the body of the blessed Peter, above the bronze with which he had sealed it, he made a cross of the purest gold, weighing one hundred and fifty pounds, on the place of measurement, where this is written: CONSTANTINE AUGUSTUS AND HELENA AUGUSTA SURROUND THIS ROYAL HOUSE, A HALL GLEAMING WITH LIKE RADIANCE, written in black-inlaid letters on the cross itself. He made also four candelabra of orichalcum, ten feet high, inset with silver with silver figures of the Acts of the Apostles, each weighing three hundred pounds; three golden chalices with green and hyacinth gems, each having forty-five gems, each weighing twelve pounds; two silver vats, weighing two hundred pounds; twenty silver chalices, each weighing ten pounds;

two golden flagons, each weighing ten pounds; five silver flagons, each weighing twenty pounds; a golden paten with a tower, of the purest gold with a dove, adorned with green and hyacinth gems which number two hundred and fifteen pearls, weighing thirty pounds; five silver patens, each weighing fifteen pounds; a golden crown before the body, which is a lamp-chandelier, with fifty dolphins, which weighs thirty-five pounds; thirty-two silver lamps in the nave of the basilica with dolphins, each weighing ten pounds; on the right of the basilica, thirty silver lamps, each weighing eight pounds; the altar itself of silver overlaid with gold, adorned all around with green and hyacinth and white gems, the number of gems being four hundred, weighing three hundred and fifty pounds;

a censer of the purest gold adorned all around with gems numbering sixty, weighing fifteen pounds. Likewise as income, the gift which Constantine Augustus offered to the blessed apostle Peter throughout the diocese of the East: in the city of Antioch: the house of Datianus, yielding two hundred and forty solidi; a small house in Caene, yielding twenty solidi and a third; cells in Aphrodisia, yielding twenty solidi; a bath in Cerateae, yielding forty-two solidi; a bakery in the same place, yielding twenty-three solidi; a tavern in the same place, yielding ten solidi; the garden of Maro, yielding ten solidi; a garden in the same place, yielding eleven solidi; below the city of Antioch: the property of Sybilles, given to Augustus, yielding three hundred and twenty-two solidi, one hundred and fifty decads of papyrus, two hundred pounds of spices, two hundred pounds of spikenard oil, thirty-five pounds of balsam;

below the city of Alexandria: the property of Timialica, given by Ambrosius to Augustus Constantine, yielding six hundred and twenty solidi, three hundred decads of papyrus, three hundred pounds of spikenard oil, sixty pounds of balsam, one hundred and fifty pounds of spices, fifty pounds of Isaurian storax; the property of Euthymus the lapsed, yielding five hundred solidi, seventy decads of papyrus; throughout Egypt, below the city of Armenia: the property of Agapus, which he gave to Augustus Constantine; the property of Passinopolis, yielding eight hundred solidi, four hundred decads of papyrus, fifty medimni of pepper, one hundred pounds of saffron, one hundred and fifty pounds of storax, two hundred pounds of cassia spice, three hundred pounds of spikenard oil, one hundred pounds of balsam, one hundred sacks of flax, one hundred and fifty pounds of cloves, one hundred pounds of Cyprian oil, one thousand bundles of clean papyrus rolls; the property which Hybromius gave to Constantine Augustus, yielding

four hundred and fifty solidi, two hundred decads of papyrus, fifty pounds of cassia spice, two hundred pounds of spikenard oil, fifty pounds of balsam; in the province of Euphratensis, below the city of Cyrus: the property of Armanazon, yielding three hundred and eighty solidi; the property of Obaria, yielding two hundred and sixty solidi. At the same time Augustus Constantine, at the suggestion of bishop Silvester, built a basilica to the blessed apostle Paul, whose body he likewise laid away in bronze and enclosed as he had the blessed Peter's; to which basilica he offered this gift: below Tarsus of Cilicia, the island of Gordian, yielding eight hundred solidi. For all the sacred vessels of gold or silver or bronze he placed there just as in the basilica of the blessed apostle Peter, so also he ordained for the blessed apostle Paul. Moreover he placed a golden cross over the place of the blessed apostle Paul, weighing

one hundred and fifty pounds. Below the city of Tyre: the property of the Counts, yielding five hundred and fifty solidi; the property of Tymia, yielding two hundred and fifty solidi; the property of Fronimusa, yielding seven hundred solidi, seventy pounds of spikenard oil, fifty pounds of spices, fifty pounds of cassia; below the Egyptian city: the property of Cyrios, yielding seven hundred and ten solidi, seventy pounds of spikenard oil, thirty pounds of balsam, seventy pounds of spices, thirty pounds of storax, one hundred and fifty pounds of stacte; the property of Basilea, yielding five hundred and fifty solidi, fifty pounds of spices, sixty pounds of spikenard oil, twenty pounds of balsam, sixty pounds of saffron; the property of the island of Maccabes, yielding five hundred and ten solidi, five hundred bundles of clean papyrus, three hundred sacks of flax.

At the same time Constantine Augustus built a basilica in the Sessorian palace, where he also enclosed in gold and gems wood of the holy Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, and where he dedicated the name of the church, which to this present day is called Jerusalem; in which place he established this gift: candelabra before the holy wood which shine, of silver, four, according to the number of the four Gospels, each weighing eighty pounds; fifty silver lamp-chandeliers, each weighing fifteen pounds; a cup of gold, weighing ten pounds; five golden ministerial chalices, each weighing one pound; three silver cups, each weighing eight pounds; ten silver ministerial chalices, each weighing two pounds; a golden paten, weighing ten pounds;

a silver paten overlaid with gold with gems, weighing fifty pounds; a silver altar, weighing two hundred and fifty pounds; three silver flagons, each weighing twenty pounds; and he gave as a gift to the church all the lands next to that palace; likewise the property of Sponsae on the Labican Way, yielding two hundred and sixty-three solidi; below the city of Laurentum, the property of Fatrae, yielding one hundred and twenty solidi; below the city of Nepi, the property of Anglesis, yielding one hundred and fifty solidi; below the aforesaid city, the property of Terega, which yields one hundred and sixty solidi; below the city of Falerii, the property of Nymphae, yielding one hundred and fifteen solidi; likewise below the city of Falerii the property of Hercules, which he gave to Augustus and Augustus offered to the church of Jerusalem, yielding one hundred and forty solidi; below the city of Tuder, the property of Angulae, yielding one hundred and fifty-three solidi.

At the same time he built a basilica to the holy martyr Agnes at the request of his daughter, and a baptistery in the same place, where his sister Constantia was baptized together with the daughter of Augustus by bishop Silvester, where he also established this gift: a paten of the purest gold, weighing twenty pounds; a golden chalice, weighing ten pounds; a crown, a lamp-chandelier of the purest gold with thirty dolphins, weighing fifteen pounds; two silver patens, each weighing twenty pounds; five silver chalices, each weighing ten pounds; thirty silver lamp-chandeliers, each weighing eight pounds; forty lamp-chandeliers of orichalcum; forty stands of orichalcum inset with silver and sealed; a golden lamp of twelve wicks over the font, weighing fifteen pounds; and a gift as income:

around the city of Figlinae all the land, yielding one hundred and sixty solidi; on the Salarian Way below the ruined walls all the land of holy Agnes, yielding one hundred and five solidi; the field of Mucius, yielding eighty solidi; the property of the Vicus of Piso, yielding two hundred and fifty solidi; the field of Casulae, yielding one hundred solidi. At the same time he built a basilica to the blessed martyr Laurentius on the Tiburtine Way in the Verano field, above the sandpit of the crypt, and as far as the body of the holy martyr Laurentius he made steps for ascent and descent. In which place he constructed an apse and adorned it with porphyry marbles, and above the place he covered it with silver, and adorned the railings with the purest silver, which weigh one thousand pounds; and before that place in the crypt he placed: a lamp of the purest gold of ten wicks, weighing

twenty pounds; a crown of the purest silver with fifty dolphins, weighing thirty pounds; two bronze candelabra ten feet high, each weighing two hundred pounds; before the body of the blessed martyr Laurentius, silver-overlaid panels with figures of his passion, with two-wicked silver lamps, each weighing fifteen pounds. The gift which he offered: a golden paten, weighing twenty pounds; two silver patens, weighing thirty pounds; a cup of the purest gold, weighing fifteen pounds; two silver cups, each weighing ten pounds; ten silver ministerial chalices, each weighing two pounds; two silver flagons, each weighing ten pounds; thirty silver lamps, each weighing twenty pounds; a silver vat, weighing one hundred and fifty pounds, holding two medimni; in the same place:

the property of a certain Cyriaca, a religious woman, which the fisc had seized in the time of persecution, the Veranum estate, yielding one hundred and sixty solidi; the property of Aqua Tutia adjacent, yielding one hundred and fifty-three solidi; the property of Augustus in the Sabine territory, yielding to the name of the Christians one hundred and twenty solidi; the property of the Sulphurous springs, yielding sixty-six solidi; the property of the Micinae of Augustus, yielding one hundred and ten solidi; the property of Termulae, yielding sixty solidi; the property of Aranae, yielding seventy solidi; the property of Septimitum, yielding one hundred and thirty solidi.

26. In the same times Augustus Constantine built a basilica to the blessed martyrs Marcellinus the presbyter and Peter the exorcist, in the estate between the Two Laurels, and the mausoleum where his mother Helena Augusta was buried, on the Via Labicana, at the third milestone. In which place, both for love of his mother and for veneration of the saints, he placed the gifts of his vow: a paten of purest gold, weighing 35 pounds; silver candlesticks overlaid with gold, on feet, 12 of one kind and 4 of another, each weighing 200 pounds; a golden crown which is a chandelier with 120 dolphins, weighing 30 pounds; 3 golden chalices, each weighing 10 pounds, with green and hyacinth gems; 2 golden ewers, each weighing 60 pounds; an altar of purest silver, weighing

200 pounds, before the tomb of blessed Helena Augusta, which tomb is carved out of porphyry stone with figures; 20 silver chandeliers, each weighing 20 pounds. 27. Likewise in the basilica of Saints Peter and Marcellinus he gave a gift: an altar of purest silver, weighing 200 pounds; 2 patens of purest gold, each weighing 15 pounds; 2 silver patens, each weighing 15 pounds; a larger scyphus of purest gold, on which the name of Augustus is inscribed, weighing 20 pounds; a smaller golden scyphus, weighing 10 pounds; 5 silver scyphi, each weighing 12 pounds; 20 silver service chalices, each weighing 3 pounds; 4 silver ewers, each weighing 15 pounds; each year 900 pounds of pure nard oil, and of balsam

100 pounds; and of spices for incense to the above-written holy martyrs, blessed Marcellinus and Peter, 100 pounds; the estate of Laurentum near the aqueduct, with its bath and all its land, from the Sessorian Gate up to the Via Praenestina, from the road of the Latin Way to Mount Gabus, a possession of Helena Augusta, yielding 120 solidi; the island of Sardinia with all the possessions belonging to that same island, yielding 1,024 solidi; the island of Misenum with the possessions belonging to that same island, yielding 810 solidi; the island of Matidia, which is Mount Argentarius, yielding 600 solidi; a possession in the territory of the Sabines called the Two Cottages, beneath Mount Lucretius, yielding 200 solidi.

28. At the same time Constantine Augustus built a basilica in the city of Ostia, near the Port of the city of Rome, to the blessed apostles Peter and Paul and John the Baptist, where he also offered these gifts: a silver paten, weighing 30 pounds; 10 silver chalices, each weighing 2 pounds; 2 silver ewers, each weighing 10 pounds; 30 silver chandeliers, each weighing 5 pounds; 2 silver scyphi, each weighing 8 pounds; a single silver chrismal paten, weighing 10 pounds; a silver basin for baptism, weighing 20 pounds; the island called Assis, which lies between the Port and Ostia, all the maritime possessions up to the Finger of the Sun, yielding 655 solidi; the possession of the Greeks, in the territory of Ardea, yielding

80 solidi; the possession of Quirinus, in the territory of Ostia, yielding 311 solidi; the possession of Balneolum, in the territory of Ostia, yielding 42 solidi; the possession of Nymphulae, yielding 30 solidi. 29. Likewise the gifts which Gallicanus offered to the above-written basilica of the holy apostles Peter and Paul and John the Baptist; he offered this: a silver crown with dolphins, weighing 20 pounds; a silver chalice in relief, weighing 15 pounds; a silver ewer, weighing 18 pounds; the estate Mallianum in the territory of the Sabines, yielding 115 solidi and a tremissis; the farm Picturae, in the territory of Velletri, yielding 43 solidi; the farm of the Suri, on the Via Claudia, in the territory of Veii, yielding 56 solidi; the estate Gargiliana, in the territory of Suessa, yielding 655 solidi.

30. In the same times Constantine Augustus built a basilica of Saint John the Baptist in the city of Alba, where he placed this: a silver paten, weighing 30 pounds; a gilded silver scyphus, weighing 12 pounds; 10 silver service chalices, each weighing 3 pounds; 2 silver ewers, each weighing 20 pounds; the possession of the Lake of Turnus with its adjacent fields, yielding 60 solidi; the farm Molae, yielding 50 solidi; the possession of Lake Albanus, yielding 250 solidi; the estate Mucii, yielding 160 solidi; all the deserted aqueduct-channels or houses of the city in the city of Alba, Augustus Constantine offered as a gift to the holy church; the possession of the Gardens, yielding 20 solidi; the possession of Tiberius Caesar, yielding 280 solidi;

the possession Marinae, yielding 50 solidi; the estate Nemus, yielding 280 solidi; the possession Amartianae, in the territory of Cora, yielding 150 solidi; the possession Statiliana, yielding 70 solidi; the possession Mediana, yielding 30 solidi. 31. At the same time Constantine Augustus built a basilica of the Apostles within the city of Capua, which he named the Constantinian, where he also offered these gifts: 2 silver patens, each weighing 20 pounds; 3 silver scyphi, each weighing 8 pounds; 15 service chalices, each weighing 2 pounds; 2 silver ewers, each weighing 10 pounds; 4 bronze candlesticks, on feet, weighing 10, each 180 pounds; 30 silver chandeliers in number, each weighing 5 pounds; 30 bronze chandeliers in number;

And he offered possessions: the estate Statiliana, in the territory of Minturnae, yielding 315 solidi; a possession in the territory of Gaeta, yielding 85 solidi; the possession Paternum, in the territory of Suessa, yielding 150 solidi; the possession ad Centum, in the territory of Capua, yielding 60 solidi; a possession in the territory of Suessa called Gauronica, yielding 40 solidi; the possession of Leo, yielding 60 solidi. 32. At the same time Constantine Augustus built a basilica in the city of Naples, to which he offered these: 2 silver patens, each weighing 25 pounds; 2 silver scyphi, each weighing 10 pounds; 15 service chalices, each weighing 2 pounds; 2 silver ewers, each weighing 15 pounds; 20 silver chandeliers, each weighing 8 pounds; 20 bronze chandeliers.