Anonymus 244 | Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire |
| Sex | M |
| Floruit | M VIII |
| Dates | 752 (taq) / 752 (tpq) |
| Variant Names | Azzo |
| Religion | Christian |
| Locations | Vincentius (Monastery of, by the Vulturnus) (officeplace); Lombardy; Vincentius (Monastery of, by the Vulturnus) (residence); Vincentius (Monastery of, by the Vulturnus) |
| Occupation | Hegoumenos |
| Titles | Abbot, St Vincent (Vulturnum, 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) |
Anonymus 244 was the abbot of the monastery of St Vincent (near the Vulturnum); perhaps in late 752 he and the abbot of St Benedict (Monte Cassino) (Anonymus 245) were sent to the Lombard king Aistulf 1 by pope Stephen III (II) (Stephanos 8) asking for an end to bloodshed and for peace between the two peoples; Aistulf 1 treated them with disdain and sent them straight back to their monasteries, forbidding them to return to the pope: Lib. Pont. 94. 7. Raymond Davies, in his translation of the Liber Pontificalis gives his name as Azzo, but we can find no authority for this; the incident does not occur in Paul the Deacon's Historia Langobardorum. The names Azzo (and Optatus) are given in the Regesta Pontificum (see Azzo 1 and Optatos 2), but the reference is to this same Life of pope Stephen III (II) (Stephanos 8).
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