TO THE MOST BLESSED POPE DAMASUS, FROM JEROME. Our humility entreats the glory of your holiness that, according as we have learned the apostolic see to be governed through your holiness, we bowed in prayer beseech that you would deign to relate to us in order the acts of the deeds of blessed Peter the apostle's primacy, down to your own times, what has been done in your see; so that our humility may come to know who has merited to be crowned by martyrdom among the bishops of the aforesaid see, or who is known to have transgressed against the canons of the apostles. Pray for us, most blessed pope. Given on the Kalends of May. DAMASUS THE BISHOP TO JEROME THE PRESBYTER.
The church rejoices, now satisfied by your fountain, and yet thirsts the more, that the careful inquiry of priestly times may make known what is worthy and reject what is unworthy. Nevertheless, what we have been able to discover of the deeds in the records of our see, we have rejoicingly directed to your charity. Pray for us unto the holy resurrection, brother and fellow-presbyter. Farewell in Christ. Given on the tenth day before the Kalends of January. Here begins the order of the bishops of Rome. 1. BLESSED PETER, son of John, of the province of Galilee, of the village of Bethsaida, first sat in the chair of the episcopate in Antioch for 7 years, then in Rome for 25 years, 2 months, and 3 days. He was in the times of Tiberius Caesar and Gaius and Tiberius Claudius and Nero, under whom also he suffered.
He wrote two epistles which are called canonical, and the Gospel of Mark, because Mark was his hearer and his son by baptism; after the whole fountain of the four Gospels, at the inquiry of Peter they were confirmed, when one accords in Greek, another in Hebrew, another in Latin. He held three ordinations: 7 deacons, 10 presbyters, and 3 bishops, in the month of December. He was also buried on the Aurelian Way, in the temple of Apollo, near the place where he was crucified, near the Neronian palace in the Vatican, in the triumphal territory, on the Aurelian Way, on the third day before the Kalends of July. 2. LINUS, of Italian birth, his father Herculanus, sat for 12 years, 3 months, and 12 days.
He was in the times of Nero, from the consulship of Saturninus and Scipio to the consuls Capito and Rufinus. He was crowned with martyrdom. By the command of blessed Peter he was buried in the Vatican on the ninth day before the Kalends of October. 3. CLETUS, of Roman birth, of the Patrician quarter, his father Emelianus, sat for 7 years, 1 month, and 20 days. He was in the times of Vespasian and Titus, from Domitian to the consulship of Vespasian for the ninth time as consuls. He was crowned with martyrdom. By the command of blessed Peter he ordained 25 presbyters in the city of Rome in the month of December, and most especially all the pontiffs who follow celebrated ordinations in the month of December. And he was buried in the basilica of blessed Peter in the Vatican on the sixth day before the Kalends of May. 4.
CLEMENT, of Roman birth, from the region of the Caelian hill, son of Faustinus, sat for 11 years and 10 days. He was in the times of Galba and Vespasian, from the consulship of Tragalus and Italicus to Vespasian for the ninth time and Titus. He was crowned with martyrdom. He divided among faithful notaries of the church, so that each one in his own region should diligently and carefully inquire into the deeds of the martyrs; and he composed 2 epistles. He held ordinations: 10 presbyters, 2 deacons, and 5 bishops in various places. He died by martyrdom in the times of Trajan. He was buried in Greece on the ninth day before the Kalends of December. And the episcopate was vacant for 21 days. 5. ANACLETUS, of Greek birth, from Athens, his father Antiochus, sat for 12 years, 10 months, and 7 days.
He was in the times of Domitian, from the consulship of Domitian for the tenth time and Sabinus to Domitian for the seventeenth time and Clemens as consuls. He constructed and arranged a memorial of blessed Peter, where the bishops might be laid; there he himself also was buried on the Ides of July. He held two ordinations: 5 presbyters, 3 deacons, and 6 bishops in various places. The episcopate was vacant for 17 days. 6. EVARISTUS, of Greek birth, an Antiochene, son of a Jew named Judas of the city of Bethlehem, sat for 13 years, 7 months, and 2 days. He was in the times of Domitian and Nerva and Trajan, from the consulship of Valens and Vetus to Gallus and Bradua as consuls. He was crowned with martyrdom.
He divided the titular churches in the city of Rome among the presbyters and ordained 7 deacons, who should attend the bishop as he preached, for the sake of the pen of truth (the accurate record). He held three ordinations: 17 presbyters, 9 deacons, and 15 bishops. And he was buried beside the body of blessed Peter on the sixth day before the Kalends of November. The episcopate was vacant for 19 days. 7. ALEXANDER, of Roman birth, son of Alexander, from the region of Caput Tauri, sat for 12 years, 7 months, and 2 days. He was in the times of Trajan up to Aelianus and Vetus. He inserted the Passion of the Lord into the preaching of the priests. He was crowned with martyrdom. He instituted that the water of sprinkling be blessed with salt. He held three ordinations: 6 presbyters, 2 deacons, and 5 bishops.
He was buried on the Nomentan Way, where he was beheaded, on the fifth day before the Nones of May. The episcopate was vacant for 30 days. 8. SIXTUS, of Roman birth, son of Pastor, from the region of the Via Lata, sat for 10 years, 2 months, and 1 day. He was in the times of Hadrian up to Verus and Anniculus. He was crowned with martyrdom. He instituted that the sacred vessels should not be touched except by ministers. And that whatever bishop was devoted to the apostolic Roman see, returning to his own diocese, should not be received unless with a formed letter of greeting to the people from the apostolic see. And he instituted that within the canon of the Mass the priest should chant the hymn among the people: Holy, holy, holy. He held three ordinations: 11 presbyters, 3 deacons, and 3 bishops.
And he was buried beside the body of blessed Peter on the seventh day before the Kalends of April. The episcopate was vacant for 2 months. 9. TELESPHORUS, of Greek birth, formerly an anchorite, sat for 11 years, 2 months, and 21 days. He was in the times of Antoninus and Marcus. He instituted that a fast of seven weeks should be observed before Easter. He was crowned with martyrdom. He instituted that on the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ Masses should be celebrated at night, and that at the beginning of the sacrifice of the Mass the angelic hymn should be said: Glory to God in the highest — only on the night of the Lord's Nativity. He held four ordinations: 12 presbyters, 8 deacons, and 13 bishops. He was buried beside the body of blessed Peter on the fourth day before the Nones of January. And the episcopate was vacant for 7 days. 10. HYGINUS, of Greek birth, formerly a philosopher, from Athens, sat for 10 years, months
3 months and 7 days. He was in the times of Verus and Marcus, from the consulship of Magnus and Camerinus to Orfitus and Camerinus. He organized the clergy and distributed the grades. And he held three ordinations: 15 presbyters, 5 deacons, and 6 bishops. And he was buried beside the body of blessed Peter on the third day before the Ides of January. The episcopate was vacant for 3 days. 11. ANICETUS, of Syrian birth, son of John, of the village of Amisa, sat for 9 years and 3 months. He was in the times of Severus and Marcus, from the consulship of Gallicanus and Vetus to Praesens and Rufinus. He instituted that the clergy should not let their hair grow. He held five ordinations: 8 presbyters, 4 deacons, and 9 bishops. He was buried beside the body of blessed Peter on the twelfth day before the Kalends of May. The episcopate was vacant for 7 days. 12.
PIUS, of Italian birth, son of Rufinus, brother of Pastor, from the city of Aquileia, sat for 15 years, 4 months, and 21 days. He was in the times of Antoninus Pius, from the consulship of Clarus and Severus. Under his episcopate Hermas wrote a book, in which is contained the commandment which the angel of the Lord enjoined when he came to him in the garb of a shepherd, charging him that the holy Easter should be celebrated on the Lord's Day. He instituted that a heretic coming from the Jews should be received and baptized. He held five ordinations: 19 presbyters, 22 deacons, and 12 bishops. And he was buried beside the body of blessed Peter on the fifth day before the Ides of July. The episcopate was vacant for 14 days. 13. SOTER, of Campanian birth, son of Concordius, from the city of Fundi, sat for 8 years, 2 months, and 21 days.
He was in the times of Severus, from the consulship of Rusticus and Aquilinus to Cethegus and Clarus. He instituted that no monk should touch the consecrated altar-cloth nor place incense within the church. He held three ordinations: 19 presbyters, 9 deacons, and 11 bishops. He was buried beside the body of blessed Peter on the tenth day before the Kalends of May. The episcopate was vacant for 11 days. 14. ELEUTHERIUS, of Greek birth, his father Abundius, from the town of Nicopolis, sat for 15 years, 3 months, and 2 days. He was in the times of Antoninus and Commodus up to Paternus and Bradua. He received a letter from Lucius, a British king, that he might be made a Christian by his mandate.
And he instituted that no food should be rejected by Christians, especially the faithful, which God created, provided that they are rational. He held three ordinations: 12 presbyters, 8 deacons, and 15 bishops. And he was buried beside the body of blessed Peter on the ninth day before the Kalends of June. The episcopate was vacant for 16 days. 15. VICTOR, of African birth, his father Felix, sat for 15 years, 3 months, and 10 days. He was in the times of Caesar Augustus, from Commodus twice and Glabrio to Latero and Rufinus. He instituted that Easter should be celebrated on the Lord's Day, just as Eleutherius also had. He arranged the following clergy. He was crowned with martyrdom.
And he instituted that, when necessity required, wherever it might be found — whether in a river or in the sea or in a spring — provided only that the faith of the Christian had been declared, any of mankind coming from the pagans should be baptized. And he held a council concerning Easter, or concerning its first day, with Theophilus bishop of Alexandria, concerning the moon. He held two ordinations: 4 presbyters, 6 deacons, and 12 bishops. He too was buried beside the body of blessed Peter on the fifth day before the Kalends of August. The episcopate was vacant for 12 days. 16. ZEPHYRINUS, of Roman birth, his father Abundius, sat for 18 years, 3 months, and 10 days. He was in the times of Antoninus and Severus, from the consulship of Antoninus and Gallicanus to Praesens and Strictus as consuls.
He instituted that in the presence of all the clerics and faithful laity, whether a levite (deacon) or a priest should be ordained. And he made a constitution concerning the church and the glass patens, the priests carrying them before themselves in church and the ministers bearing them, while the bishop celebrated Mass, all the priests standing before him, and so Masses were celebrated; except that the right of the bishop should support him meanwhile among all the clergy present, that from that consecration the presbyter should receive from the hand of the bishop the already consecrated portion to be handed over to the people. He held four ordinations: 14 presbyters, 8 deacons, and 13 bishops. And he was buried in the cemetery beside the cemetery of Callixtus, on the Appian Way, on the eighth day before the Kalends of September. The episcopate was vacant for 5 days. 17.
CALLIXTUS, of Roman birth, son of Domitius, from the region of the Urbs Ravennatium, sat for 5 years, 11 months, and 10 days. He was in the times of Marinus and Theodoliobillus (Heliogabalus), from the consulship of Antoninus and Alexander. He was crowned with martyrdom. He instituted that the fast of the Ember Saturdays should be observed three times in the year — of grain, wine, and oil — according to the prophecy of the fourth, seventh, and tenth months. He built a basilica across the Tiber and a cemetery on the Appian Way, which is called that of Callixtus. He was also buried in the cemetery of Calepodius, on the Aurelian Way, at the third milestone, on the day before the Ides of October. He held five ordinations: 16 presbyters, 4 deacons, and 8 bishops. The episcopate was vacant for 16 days. 18. URBAN, of Roman birth, son of Pontianus, sat for 9 years, 1 month, and 2 days.
He instituted that the sacred vessels be made of silver and he placed 25 silver patens. He was also a renowned confessor in the times of Diocletian. He converted many to baptism, including Valerian the betrothed of Saint Cecilia. He held five ordinations: 19 presbyters, 7 deacons, and 8 bishops, and he was buried in the cemetery of Praetextatus on the fourteenth day before the Kalends of June. The episcopate was vacant for 30 days. 19. PONTIAN, of Roman birth, his father Calpurnius, sat for 5 years, 2 months, and 22 days. He was crowned with martyrdom. He was in the times of Alexander, from the consulship of Pompeianus and Pelianus. At that time bishop Pontian and Hippolytus the presbyter were sent into exile by Alexander to the island of Sardinia, to Bucina, in the consulship of Severus and Quintianus.
And there, beaten to death with clubs, he died on the sixth day before the Kalends of November. He held two ordinations: six priests, five deacons, seven bishops. Blessed Fabian recovered his body and buried it in the cemetery at the Catacombs. The episcopate was vacant ten days. (20) ANTERUS, of the Greek nation, son of Romulus, sat thirteen years, one month, nineteen days. He was crowned with martyrdom in the times of Maximinus, when Maximinus and Africanus were consuls. He sought out the deeds of the martyrs and stored them in the church. He was made a martyr on account of a certain Maximus, a priest. He ordained one bishop in the city of Fundi in Campania. He was buried in the cemetery of Calixtus on the third day before the Nones of January. The episcopate was vacant seven days. (21) FABIAN, of the Roman nation, son of Fabius, sat thirteen years, one month, ten days.
He was crowned with martyrdom. He flourished in the times of Maximus and Africanus down to the second consulship of Decius and to Quadratus. He divided the districts among the deacons and appointed seven subdeacons to oversee the seven notaries, so that they might faithfully gather the deeds of the martyrs. And he commanded that many structures be built throughout the cemeteries. He held five ordinations: twenty-two priests, eight deacons, thirteen bishops. He was buried in the cemetery of Calixtus on the thirteenth day before the Kalends of February. The episcopate was vacant seven days. (22) CORNELIUS, of the Roman nation, sat two years, three months, ten days. He was crowned with martyrdom. Under his episcopate Novatus ordained Novatian outside the church, and Nostratus in Africa.
When this was done, the confessors who had separated themselves from Cornelius together with the priest Maximus—who had been with Moses—returned to the church as faithful men. After this, Cornelius the bishop was driven to Centumcellae, and there he received a letter, written and sent by Cyprian, concerning the confirmation of his martyrdom, which Cyprian had written in prison, and also concerning Celerinus the lector. In his own times, at the request of a certain matron, he raised by night the bodies of the apostles Peter and Paul from the Catacombs; and first the body of blessed Paul, received by blessed Lucina, he placed on her own estate on the Ostian Way, near the place where he was beheaded;
and the body of blessed Peter, Cornelius the bishop received and placed it 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. He held one ordination: eight priests. After this he went by night to Centumcellae. At that time Decius heard that he had received a letter from blessed Cyprian, bishop of Carthage; he had him brought from Centumcellae and ordered him to be presented to himself by night, saying to him: 'Is this how you have determined—neither to regard the gods, nor the precepts of your elders, nor to fear our threats—so that you receive and dispatch letters against the commonwealth?' Cornelius answered: 'I received letters concerning the Lord's crown, not against the commonwealth.'
Then Decius ordered his mouth to be beaten with leaded whips and that he be led to the temple of Mars, either to worship or to be beheaded: and so it was done. But blessed Lucina buried his body near the cemetery of Calixtus, on her own estate, on the eighteenth day before the Kalends of October. The episcopate was vacant sixty-six days. (23) LUCIUS, of the Roman nation, son of Porphyrius, sat three years, eight months, ten days. He was crowned with martyrdom. He flourished in the times of Gallus and Volusianus down to the third consulship of Valerian and to Gallicanus. By God's will he returned safely from exile to the church. He commanded that two priests and three deacons should not in any place forsake the bishop, for the sake of testimony. He was beheaded by Valerian on the fourth day before the Nones of March.
While he was proceeding to his passion, he gave authority to Stephen, the archdeacon of his church. He held two ordinations: four priests, four deacons, seven bishops. He was buried in the cemetery of Calixtus on the eighth day before the Kalends of September. The episcopate was vacant thirty-five days. (24) STEPHEN, of the Roman nation, son of Jovius, sat six years, two months, five days. He was crowned with martyrdom. He flourished in the times of Gallicanus and Maximus down to the third consulship of Valerian and the second of Gallicanus. He decreed that priests and Levites should not use the consecrated vestments in daily use, except in church. He held two ordinations: six priests, five deacons, two bishops. He was buried in the cemetery of Calixtus, on the Appian Way, on the fourth day before the Nones of August. The episcopate was vacant twenty-two days. (25)
XYSTUS, of the Roman nation, formerly a philosopher, sat one year, ten months, twenty-two days. He was crowned with martyrdom. He flourished in the times of Valerian, from the consulship of Maximus and Glabrio for the second time down to that of Tuscus and Bassus, until the thirteenth day before the Kalends of August, at which time there was a great persecution under Decius. And four days after the passion of this same blessed Xystus, Laurence his archdeacon suffered. He held two ordinations: four priests, seven deacons, two bishops. He too was buried in the cemetery of Calixtus, on the Appian Way. The episcopate was vacant two years. (26) DIONYSIUS, formerly a monk, whose lineage is held to be unknown, sat eight years, five months, four days. He flourished in the times of Gallienus, from the eleventh day before the Kalends of August, when Aemilianus and Bassus were consuls, down to the seventh day before the Kalends
of January, from the consulship of Claudius and Paternus. He divided the churches among the priests and established the cemeteries and the parishes of the diocese. He made seven bishops. He was buried in the cemetery of Calixtus on the fifth day before the Kalends of January. The episcopate was vacant five days. (27) FELIX, of the Roman nation, son of Constantius, sat four years, one month, twenty-five days. He was crowned with martyrdom. He flourished in the times of Claudius and Paternus down to the third consulship of Aurelian and to Concapitulinus. He decreed that Masses should be celebrated over the tombs of the martyrs. He held two ordinations: eight priests, three deacons, eleven bishops. He too was buried in his own cemetery, on the Aurelian Way, on the third day before the Kalends of June. The episcopate was vacant five days. (28)
EUTYCHIAN, of the Tuscan nation, son of Marinus, from the city of Luna, sat one year, one month, two days. He flourished in the times of Aurelian, from the consulship of Aurelian for the third time and Marcellinus down to the day of the Ides of December, when Carus for the second time and Carinus were consuls. He decreed that of the produce upon the altar only beans and grapes should be blessed. In his own times he buried with his own hand three hundred and forty-two martyrs in various places. He held five ordinations: fourteen priests, six deacons, nine bishops. He was buried in the cemetery of Calixtus on the eighth day before the Kalends of August. The episcopate was vacant eight days. (29) GAIUS, of the Dalmatian nation, of the family of the emperor Diocletian, son of Gaius, sat eleven years, four months, nine days. He flourished in the times of Carus and Carinus, from the sixteenth day before the Kalends of January,
from the consulship of Carus for the second time and Carinus down to the tenth day before the Kalends of May, when Diocletian for the sixth time and Constantius for the second time were consuls. He decreed that, if anyone deserved to be a bishop, he should ascend gradually from doorkeeper through each grade to the higher offices. He divided the districts among the deacons. Fleeing the persecution of Diocletian, dwelling in caves, he died as a confessor. He held four ordinations: sixteen priests, nine deacons, five bishops. He too was buried in the cemetery of Calixtus on the tenth day before the Kalends of May. And the episcopate was vacant eleven days. (30) MARCELLINUS, of the Roman nation, son of Projectus, sat eight years, two months, sixteen days. He flourished in the times of Diocletian and Maximian, from the tenth day before the Kalends of July,
from the consulship of Diocletian and Constantius for the second time down to that of Diocletian for the ninth time and Maximian for the eighth, at which time there was a great persecution, so that within thirty days seventeen thousand persons were crowned with martyrdom. Concerning this matter, Marcellinus himself was led to sacrifice in order to offer incense, which he did. And after a few days, moved to penance, he was beheaded by the same Diocletian. And his body lay in a public square together with other martyrs, as an example to the Christians, for twenty-six days. Then Marcellus the priest gathered the bodies by night and buried them on the Salarian Way, in the cemetery of Priscilla, on the seventh day before the Kalends of May. He held two ordinations: four priests, two deacons, five bishops. The episcopate was vacant seven years, six months, twenty-five days, while Diocletian persecuted the Christians.
(31) MARCELLUS, of the Roman nation, son of Marcellus, sat five years, seven months, twenty-one days. He flourished in the times of Maxentius, from the consulship of Maxentius for the fourth time and Maximus down to the period after the consulship. He made a cemetery on the Salarian Way and established twenty-five title-churches in Rome, as it were dioceses, for the sake of baptism and penance and the burial of martyrs. He ordained twenty-five priests, two deacons, twenty-one bishops. He too was buried in the cemetery of Priscilla on the seventeenth day before the Kalends of February. The episcopate was vacant twenty-one days. (32) EUSEBIUS, of the Greek nation, formerly a physician, sat six years, one month, three days. He flourished in the times of Constantine. At that time the cross of the Lord was found. He discovered heretics in Rome. He held three ordinations: thirteen priests, three deacons, fourteen bishops.
He was buried in the cemetery of Calixtus on the fifth day before the Nones of October. The episcopate was vacant seven days. (33) MILTIADES, of the African nation, sat four years, from the consulship of Maximinus for the ninth time down to that of Maxentius for the second time, when Volusianus and Rufinus were consuls. He decreed that on no account should any of the faithful keep a fast on the Lord's Day or on the fifth weekday, because the pagans used to observe these days as a sacred fast. And the Manichaeans were discovered in the city. From that same time he ordained that the consecrated offerings should be sent throughout the churches from the bishop's consecration, which is called the leaven. He held one ordination: four priests, four deacons, eleven bishops. He was buried in the cemetery of Calixtus on the fourth day before the Ides of February. The episcopate was vacant sixteen days. (34)
SILVESTER, of the Roman nation, son of Rufinus, sat twenty-two years, ten months, eleven days. He flourished in the times of Constantine and Volusianus, from the day of the Kalends of February to the day of the Kalends of January, when Constantius and Volusianus were consuls. He was in exile on Mount Soracte, harassed by the persecution of Constantine, and afterward, returning with glory, he baptized Constantine Augustus. He made a constitution concerning the whole church. And a council was held with his consent at Nicaea in Bithynia, with three hundred and eighteen bishops, and of these the signatures ran forth—the others, two hundred and eight weaker ones, who set forth the entire faith and condemned Arius, Photinus, and Sabellius. In the city of Rome he gathered two hundred and seventy-seven bishops and condemned Calixtus, Arius, and Photinus.
And he decreed that the chrism should be confected by the bishop, and granted the bishops the privilege of signing the baptized, on account of heretical persuasion; and that no layman should bring an accusation against a cleric; that the deacons should use dalmatics; that the sacrifice of the altar should not be celebrated upon silk or upon dyed cloth, but upon linen, just as the body of the Lord was buried in a linen shroud. He decreed that, if anyone desired to serve in the church, he should be a lector for thirty years, an exorcist for thirty days, an acolyte for five years, a subdeacon for five years, a deacon for seven years, a priest for three years—proven in every respect—and so ascend to the episcopate; that no one should usurp a higher or prior position, and that no cleric or member of the faithful should contradict.
He held six ordinations in the month of December: forty-two priests, thirty-six deacons, sixty-five bishops. In his times Constantine Augustus built the Constantinian basilica and others, which he also adorned; there he placed gifts: a vaulted ceiling of gold, and gave there—both in the vessels of the sanctuary and in various objects—four hundred and eighty-two pounds of gold, seven thousand six hundred and twenty-six pounds of silver, seven candelabra of brass overlaid with silver, each weighing three hundred pounds, and spices each year amounting to one hundred and fifty pounds; and he established there for the lights estates yielding each year one thousand five hundred solidi. But for the font in which Constantine Augustus was baptized
by holy Silvester—which is of porphyry stone—he placed there as ornaments eighty-two pounds of gold, three thousand eight hundred and thirteen pounds of silver, a golden censer with leek-green gems weighing forty-eight pounds, balsam for the light on the days of Easter to the amount of two hundred pounds; estates for the lights at that very font, yielding each year seven thousand six hundred and twenty-two solidi. In his times Constantine Augustus, at the request of Silvester, built a basilica for blessed Peter, and thus enclosed the casket with the body of Saint Peter: he sealed it on every side with bronze, five feet on each part, and adorned it above with porphyry columns and other glazed ones, which he brought from Greece.
He also made the vaulted ceiling at the far end of the basilica gleam with gold, and above the body, over the bronze that he had enclosed, he set a cross of gold weighing one hundred and fifty pounds; on it, in the spot, was the inscription: 'Constantine Augustus and Helena Augusta [adorn] this royal house, a hall flashing with like radiance,'—written in pure niello letters upon that very cross. He made seven candelabra of brass overlaid with silver, each weighing three hundred pounds.
Likewise among the gifts which Constantine Augustus offered to blessed Peter through the diocese of the East, yielding each year three thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine solidi and one tremissis: balsam two hundred and fifteen pounds, oil of nard eight hundred pounds, Cyprian oil one hundred pounds, spices six hundred and fifty pounds, pepper fifty medimni, cloves fifty pounds, saffron one hundred pounds, fine linen one hundred (loads), one thousand and twenty-two bundles of papyrus, one thousand rolls of papyrus. At that time Constantine built a basilica for blessed Paul, whose body he likewise enclosed as he had that of blessed Peter, and to which basilica he offered this gift: all the vessels of gold and silver and bronze, and he placed a golden cross over the spot, just as in the basilica of blessed Peter.
But the estates yielding each year four thousand and seventy (solidi): balsam fifty pounds, oil of nard two hundred pounds, spices one hundred and seventy pounds, cassia fifty pounds, storax thirty pounds, oil of myrrh one hundred and fifty pounds, five hundred bundles of papyrus, three hundred sacks of linen. At that time blessed Constantine Augustus built a basilica in the Sessorian palace, where he enclosed a piece of the wood of the holy cross in gold and gems. There too he dedicated the name Jerusalem. And he constructed many other churches of the saints, namely: the church of holy Agnes the martyr, the basilica of Saint Laurence the martyr, the basilica of the blessed martyrs Marcellinus the priest and Peter the exorcist between the two laurels, where also his mother Helena Augusta is buried;