Pope Saint Symmachus was
pope from 498 to 514.He was born on
Sardinia, the son of Fortunatus. He was baptized in
Rome, where he became
archdeacon of the Church under
Pope Anastasius II.Symmachus was elected pope on
November 22, 498. The
archpriest of
Santa Prassede,
Laurentius, was elected pope, that same day, by a dissenting minority faction with
Byzantine sympathies. Laurentius was supported by Emperor
Anastasius, but the
Gothic King
Theodoric the Great, in the end, ruled against him and in favor of Symmachus.
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