Anonymus 249 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
Sex | M |
Floruit | M VIII |
Dates | 753 (taq) / 753 (tpq) |
Locations | Rome |
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) |
Anonymus 249 was a messenger whom pope Stephen III (II) (Stephanos 8) sent to the Lombard king Aistulf 1 to obtain a safe conduct for the pope and his companions for the visit which the emperor (Constantine V, i.e. Konstantinos 7) had ordered Stephanos 8 to pay the king to ask for the return of Ravenna and other places seized by the Lombards; on the messenger's safe return Stephanos 8 was making ready to set out, when envoys from the Franks also arrived: Lib. Pont. 94. 17 (
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