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From Literal to Spiritual Soldiers of Christ: Disputed Episcopal Elections and the Advent of Christian Processions in Late Antique Rome

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Jacob A. Latham
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Abstract

There were at least five disputed episcopal elections in the fourth through the sixth centuries. This intra-Christian competition did not, however, lead to the contestation of space in the form of processions as it did, for example, in Constantinople. At Rome, intra-Christian competition took the form, at least rhetorically, of siege and occupation. Instead of conquering urban space through processions—impossible as the Roman aristocracy and their patronage of traditional spectacles still dominated and defined the public sphere—Roman Christians resorted to warfare, until the mid-sixth century C.E. when an impoverished aristocracy ceased to lavish its diminished wealth on traditional forms of public display.

Throughout all of these electoral disputes a number of elements consistently emerge: one, the use of martial language to describe the events; two, the concentration on a few contested sites; and three, internal divisions among Roman Christians. A strategy of militaristic occupation of centrally important churches clearly marked these schisms, as each side marched upon and occupied the principal churches of Rome, invading and expelling their enemies from other principal churches when they could. The martial language in the descriptions of these conflicts often veered close to the religious, indicating, hinting, that the origins of Christian processions lie in conflict and battle. From the literal soldiers of Christ, armed with clubs, rocks, and swords, emerged spiritual soldiers bearing crosses and singing hymns.

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Church History , Volume 81 , Issue 2 , June 2012 , pp. 298 - 327
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Copyright © American Society of Church History 2012

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39 Coll. Avell. 1.3: stationem in <basilica> Iuli trans Tiberim dare praesumit, my trans.

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44 Coll. Avell. 1.5: quod ubi Damasus, qui semper episcopatum ambierat, comperit, omnes quadrigarios et imperitam multitudinem pretio concitat et armatus fustibus ad basilicam Iuli perrumpit et magna fidelium caede per triduum debacchatus est, freely translated. I follow Geertman, “Forze centrifughe e centripete,” who argues that this basilica Iulii refers to the one near the Forum of Trajan. Cf. Curran, Pagan City and Christianity Capital, 138. Humphries, “From Emperor to Pope?” notes the continuing and increasing importance of the Forum of Trajan in the fourth and fifth centuries, whose prestige may have reflected on nearby churches.

45 Coll. Avell. 1.6: cum omnibus periuris et arenariis (my translation).

46 Coll. Avell. 1.7: tunc Damasus cum perfidis inuitat arenarios quadrigarios et fossores omnemque clerum cum securibus gladiis et fustibus et obsedit basilicam hora diei secunda septimo Kalendarum Nouembrium die Gratiano et Dagalaifo conss. et graue proelium concitauit. nam effractis foribus igneque subposito aditum, unde inrumperet, exquirebat; nonnulli quoque de familiaribus eius tectum basilicae destruentes tegulis fidelem populum perimebant. tunc uniuersi Damasiani irruentes in basilicam centum sexaginta de plebe tam uiros quam mulieres occiderunt; uulnerauerunt etiam quam plurimos, ex quibus multi defuncti sunt, freely translated.

47 Amm. Marc. 27.3.13: Constatque in basilica Sicinini, ubi ritus Christiani est conventiculum, uno die centum triginta septem reperta cadavera peremptorum, trans. Rolfe. Amm. Marc. 27.3.12 speaks of bloodshed on both sides.

48 Geertman, “Forze centrifughe e centripete,” on the Liberian basilica as Ursinian anti-cathedral and Coll. Avell. 1.9 reporting frequent gatherings at the Liberian basilica. Coll. Avell. 5 allows the return of Ursinus and his supporters to Rome, while Coll. Avell. 6 discusses the return of the Basilica Sicininus to Damasus. McLynn notes that controlling certain buildings was crucial as such control was thought to lead to control over people (“Christian Controversy and Violence,” 16–9).

49 Coll. Avell. 1.12: per coemeteria martyrum stationes sine clericis celebrabat.

50 Coll. Avell. 1.12 armatus cum satellitibus suis Damasus irruit et plurimos uastationis suae strage deiecit, freely translated; Curran, Pagan City and Christianity Capital, 141.

51 Coll. Avell. 7.

52 On Damasus' elogia and episcopal authority, see recently Sághy, Marianne, “Scinditur in Partes Populus: Pope Damasus and the Martyrs of Rome,” Early Medieval Europe 9 (2000): 273–87CrossRefGoogle Scholar; Blair-Dixon, Kate, “Damasus and the Fiction of Unity: the Urban Shrines of Saint Lawrence,” in Ecclesiae urbis: Atti del congresso internazionale di studi sulle chiese di Roma (IV-X secolo) Roma, 4–10 settembre 2000, eds. Guidobaldi, Federico and Guidobaldi, Alessandra Guiglia (Vatican: Pontificio Instituto di Archeologia Cristiana, 2002), 331–52Google Scholar; and Trout, Dennis, “Damasus and the Invention of Early Christian Rome,” Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 33 (2003): 517–36CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

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54 Coll. Avell. 14.4: cum maxima multitudine et cum pluribus sacerdotibus remoratus est (urban prefect Symmachus); Coll. Avell. 17.2: “Lateranensem ecclesiam obtrusis paene omnibus ingressibus archidiaconus Eulalius contemptis impie summi sacerdotis exsequiis diaconibus et paucissimis presbyteris ac multitudine turbatae plebis obsederat” (pro-Boniface), both freely translated. I would like to thank Nicole Hamonic for her help with this passage.

55 Coll. Avell. 14.5: ad Theodorae ecclesiam and 14.6: in ecclesia Marcelli; LP 44.1: in basilica Iuliae. See above nn43–44 on the location of the Julian basilica.

56 Coll. Avel. 14.6: atque cum eo ad sancti apostoli Petri basilicam processerunt (my translation).

57 Oxford Latin Dictionary sv procedo: 1. to go or move forward, advance, progress: b. of military forces, c. of processions, d. of things; 2. to proceed to a destination; 3. to come forth from concealment; 4. to step forward for a purpose: as a speaker or b. of troops, to sally forth. In his Latin translation of the Bible (the Vulgate), Jerome used procedo with reference to war (along with the more general meaning to go forward): see e.g. 1 Chronicles 5:18, Deut. 24:5, Jeremiah 46:3. Thus procedo still maintained a martial meaning in the late fourth century, though it could also be used for processions, for example Egeria, , Itinerarium peregrinatio 25, ed. Geyer, P. CSEL 39 (Vindobonae: F. Tempsky, 1898), 74Google Scholar. Lançon, Rome in Late Antiquity, 102; Twyman, Papal ceremonial, 57; and Humphries, “From Emperor to Pope?,” n150, all consider it a procession.

58 Coll. Avell. 15.

59 Coll. Avell. 16.4

60 Coll. Avell. 16.7 (Eulalius) and 16.3: qui conuentione contempta processit atque eum, quem direxeram, dedit populo uerberandum, loosely translated. For a quick outline of the schism, see in particular Cristo, “Some Notes on the Bonifacian-Eulalian Schism,” 164 on this attack on or procession toward Rome.

61 Coll. Avell. 17 (Pro-Boniface petition), Coll. Avell. 18 (rescinds decision in favor of Eulalius, calls for a synod at Ravenna), and Coll. Avell. 20 (instructions to Ravennate synod).

62 LP 44.2.

63 Coll. Avell. 21–24 (letters notifying various parties about Easter celebrant).

64 Coll. Avell. 25–28.

65 Coll. Avell. 29 and 32.

66 Coll. Avell. 30–32.

67 From an impressive literature I made use of Llewellyn, P. A. B., “The Roman Church during the Laurentian Schism: Priests and Senators,” Church History 45 (1976): 417–27CrossRefGoogle Scholar, and “The Roman Clergy during the Laurentian Schism (498–506): A Preliminary Analysis,” Ancient Society 8 (1977): 245–75Google Scholar; Richards, Jeffrey, The Popes and the Papacy in the Early Middle Ages, 476–752 (Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1979), 57–68Google Scholar; Moorhead, J., Theodoric in Italy (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992)Google Scholar, chapters 4–5 with appendix 1; Wirbelauer, Eckhard, Zwei Päpste in Rom: der Konflikt zwischen Laurentius und Symmachus (498–514): Studien und Texte (München: Tuduv, 1993)Google Scholar; Noble, Thomas F. X., “Theodoric the Great and the Papacy,” in Teodorico il Grande e i Goti d'Italia: Atti del XIII congresso internazionale di studi sull'alto medioevo, 2 vols. (Spoleto: CISAM, 1993), 1:395–423Google Scholar; Wirbelauer, “Die Nachfolgerbestimmung im römischen Bistum (3.-6. Jh.),” 415–16; Teresa Sardella, Società, chiesa e stato nell'età di Teodorico: papa Simmaco e lo scisma laurenziano (Soveria Mannelli (Catanzaro): Rubbettino, 1996); Teresa Sardella, “Simmaco e lo scisma laurenziano: dalle fonti antiche alla storiografia moderna,” and Wirbelauer, E., “Simmaco e Lorenzo: ragioni del conflitto negli anni 498–506” in Il papato di San Simmaco, 498–514: atti del convegno internazionale di studi, Oristano, 19–21 novembre 1998, eds. Mele, Giampaolo and Spaccapelo, Natalino (Cagliari: Pontificia facoltà teologica della Sardegna, 2000), 11–37Google Scholar and 39–51, respectively; Hillner, “Families, Patronage and Titular Churches”; Levillain, ed., The Papacy sv Symmachus and sv Laurentius; Kelly and Walsh, eds., Oxford Dictionary of Popes sv Symmachus, St and sv Lawrence (antipope); and Norton, Episcopal Elections, 66–7.

68 LP 53.2 has Theodoric actively decide for Symmachus, while Anonymi Valesiani pars posterior 65 leaves out Theodoric's decision.

69 Laurentian frg. 52.2 (= LP p. 44); Book of Pontiffs, xiv-xvi on the Laurentian vita and app. 2, p. 103 (date and translation). Cf. Book of Pontiffs, app. 3, pp. 110–1 (extracts from epitomes of LP).

70 Laurentian frg. 52.3–4 and 52.14 (= LP pp. 44 & 46): Conditaria aka “Spice Girl,” trans. Noble, “Theodoric and Papacy,” 406–7 (406 for “spicy”).

71 Laurentian frg. 52.4 (= LP p. 44): fugiens regreditur Romam seque intra beati Petri apostoli septa concludit, trans. (adapted) Davis, Book of Pontiffs, app. 2, p. 104.

72 Richards, Popes and Papacy, 71.

73 Moorhead, Theodoric in Italy, 118, while Noble, “Theodoric and Papacy,” has St. Maria in Trastevere.

74 Laurentian frg. 52.7–8 (= LP p. 45); Davis, Book of Pontiffs, app. 2, p. 104.

75 LP 53.5, trans. Davis, Book of Pontiffs.

76 LP 53.5, trans. Davis, Book of Pontiffs.

77 Laurentian frg. 52.9 (= LP p. 45): quae sibi utilia visa sunt pro Symmachi persona, constituunt et sic urbem in summa confusione derelinquunt, trans. Davis, Book of Pontiffs, app. 2, p. 105. Cf. the pro-Symmachan LP 53.4 where a synod of 115 bishops convened by Symmachus acquitted him of the false charge. The chronology is uncertain and so perhaps the Symmachan synod met after Symmachus' final reinstatement as a gesture of unity.

78 Laurentian frg. 52.12 (= LP p. 46): maxime de titulis ecclesiarum quos intra urbem Laurentius optinebat; Davis, Book of Pontiffs, app. 2, p. 105. Symmachus was especially concerned about the tituli that Laurentius “was occupying (optinebat) in the city.”

79 Llewellyn, “Roman Church during Laurentian Schism.” Cf. D. Noy, Foreigners at Rome: Citizens and Strangers (Duckworth with the Classical Press of Wales, 2000) 151 on Trastevere's not always compelling association with eastern foreigners.

80 Laurentian frg. 52.12–13 (= LP p. 46); Davis, Books of Pontiffs, app. 2, p. 105.

81 LP 57 n. 5. On this issue, see Geertman, “Forze centrifughe e centripete,” 30–1. The Julian basilica near the Forum of Trajan had been re-named SS. Apostoli by this point.

82 LP 57.1, trans. Davis, Book of Pontiffs; On this scuffle, see Richards, Popes and Papacy, 120–35; Moorhead, Theodoric in Italy, 198; Noble, “Theodoric and Papacy,” 420; Wirbelauer, “Die Nachfolgerbestimmung im römischen Bistum (3.-6. Jh.),” 417–21; Levillain, ed., The Papacy, sv Boniface II and sv Dioscorus; Kelly and Walsh, eds., Oxford Dictionary of Popes, sv Boniface II and sv Dioscorus (antipope).

83 Richards, Popes and Papacy, 125–27.

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87 Brown, Gentlemen and Officers, Barnish, “Transformation and Survival,” and now especially Wickham, Framing the Early Middle Ages, 163–64 and 203–19 on the relative survival of church property as compared to that of the aristocracy and on the quite different successor aristocracies of the early Middle Ages.

88 On “barbarian” conquests, see Heather, The Fall of the Roman Empire; Mitchell, A History of the Later Roman Empire, 191–224; and Wickham, The Inheritance of Rome, 76–108 for good narratives.

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96 Curran, Pagan City and Christian Capital, 298–311. On this episode and on more prosaic instances of aristocratic support, see also Cooper, “Poverty, Obligation, and Inheritance” and also Anne Kurdock, “Demetrias ancilla dei: Anicia Demetrias and the problem of the missing patron,” in Cooper and Hillner, Religion, Dynasty, and Patronage, 190–224.

97 Bowes, Private Worship, Public Values, esp. 75–99 on private churches and domestic ascetics.

98 Hillner and Cooper, “Introduction,” 4: “The sixth century was the ‘tipping point’ connecting two processes: the waning of imperial and aristocratic gestures of ‘conspicuous consumption,’ and the waxing of ecclesiastical institutions as a mechanism through which bishops could establish continuity of culture and historical memory.” See also n85 above.

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101 Saxer, “L'utilisation par la liturgie de l'espace urbain et suburbain,” 2.960.

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104 LP 62.1, trans. Davis, Book of Pontiffs.

105 LP 62.2: Narsis et Pelagius papa consilio inito, data laetania ad sanctum Pancratium, cum hymnis et canticis spiritalibus venerunt ad sanctam Petrum apostolum, translation adapted from Davis, Book of Pontiffs. In this case the verb, venerunt from venio, simply means went, but the ablative phrase indicating the manner in which Pelagius and his entourage went or processed, “with hymns and spiritual chants,” transformed mere travel into a procession. Cf. Boniface's march whose verb may mean to process but whose context favors a martial meaning.

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110 Gregory I, Ep. 8.22: beati Petri apostolorum principis limina.

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112 Coll. Avell. 1.3.

113 Coll. Avell. 1.5.

114 Coll. Avell. 1.7.

115 Coll. Avell. 1.12.

116 Coll. Avell. 1.9: quintum iam bellum Damasus fecit, my translation.

117 Coll. Avell. 14.6 (processerunt) and 17.2 (obsederat).

118 Coll. Avell. 16.4: processit; 29 on civil violence attendant upon Eulalius's return to Rome; and 32 on the obstinate Eulalius taking over the Lateran from which he was forcibly ejected.

119 Laurentian frg. 52.11 (= LP p. 46).

120 Laurentian frg. 52.4 (= LP p. 44).

121 Laurentian frg. 52.12 (= LP p. 46).

122 LP 57.1

123 Geertman, Herman, More veterum: il Liber Pontificalis e gli edifici ecclesiastici di Roma nella tarda antichità e nell'alto medioevo (Groningen: H. D. Tjeenk Willink, 1975), 132–42Google Scholar and “Forze centrifughe e centripete.” Blaauw, Cultus et decor, chapter 2.1.i and pp. 44–49, confirms the status of these churches, though noting that SS. Apostoli was a second tier patriarchal church.

124 Lexicon Topographicum Urbis Romae, ed. Steinby, Eva Margareta (Rome: Quasar, 1993–1999)Google Scholar, sv S. Laurentii Basilica, Balneum, Praetorium, Monasterium, Hospita, Bibliothecae (Simonetta Serra).

125 Llewellyn, “The Roman Clergy during the Laurentian Schism.” However, Hillner, “Families, Patronage, and Titular Churches,” has rightly contended that Llewellyn's assertions about the so-called college of presbyters and their independence far outstrips the evidence, but her own argument about the foundation of tituli from a generic church fund is not entirely convincing. Bowes, Private Worship, Public Values, 65–71, persuasively argues that the tituli maintained a kind of semi-independence. See also, Cooper, Kate, “The Martyr, the Matrona and the Bishop,” Early Medieval Europe 8 (1999): 297–317CrossRefGoogle Scholar, who argues that intra-Christian competition pitted the aristocracy against the bishop.

126 Borrowing terms from Geertman, “Forze centrifughe e centripete.” This tension may well have survived into the early Middle Ages, when the titular liturgy still remained distinct from the papal one, a difference which may, however, have resulted from the elaboration of papal ritual, on which see van Dijk, S. J. P., “The Urban and Papal Rites in Seventh and Eighth Century Rome,” Sacris Erudiri 12 (1961): 411–87CrossRefGoogle Scholar.