Leoninos 2 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | M/L VIII |
Dates | 772 (taq) / 772 (tpq) |
Variant Names | Leoninus |
Religion | Christian |
Locations | Acutiana (massa, Rome) (property); Aratiana (massa, Rome) (property); Italy (officeplace); Rome |
Occupation | Monk |
Titles | Hypatos (dignity); Doux (Rome) (office) |
Textual Sources | Liber Pontificalis, ed. L. Duchesne, Le liber pontificalis. Texte, introduction et commentaire, 2 vols. (Paris, 1886-92); re-issued with 3rd vol. by C. Vogel, (Paris, 1955-57) (chronicle) |
Leoninos 2 (Leoninus) was a consul and dux (in Italy, perhaps of Rome), later becoming a monk; he died in the pontificate of Hadrian I (Hadrianos 1) and bequeathed to the see of St Peter, to atone for his sins ("ob veniam suorum delictorum"), a property which he had inherited from his parents, one quarter ("tres uncias") of the massa Aratiana, situated near the Via Ardeatina; the Church of St Hedistus stood on it; Hadrianos 1 transformed the church and incorporated the estate, together with adjoining estates comprising half ("alias sex uncias") of the massa Aratiana (see Petros 73, Agnes 1 and Theodote 3), into the domusculta of St Hedistus; Leoninos 2 gave another estate of his also, the massa Acutiana, which adjoined the massa Aratiana, to St Peter: Lib. Pont. 97. 63. The location of these estates is apparently not determined; see [Duchesne, Lib. Pont. III, p. 106].
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