Maio 1

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitM IX
Dates853 (taq) / 855 (tpq)
ReligionChristian
LocationsPrivernum (Campania) (officeplace);
Privernum (Campania);
Rome;
St Leucius (Basilica of, Rome)
OccupationBishop
TitlesBishop, Privernum (Campania) (office)
Textual SourcesLiber 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)

Maio 1 was bishop (of Privernum); in 855 he and his fellow bishop Georgius of Polimartium (Georgios 167) were sent by the bishop elect of Rome, Benedict III (Benediktos 7), to the Frankish envoys Adalbert 2 and Bernard 3 at the Basilica of St Leucius (five miles from Rome) with letters (presumably supporting Benediktos 7's claim to the see); the envoys, on the advice of the rival claimant to the see, Anastasius (Anastasios 25), had them both put under arrest; they are described as venerable and wise and learned ("venerabiles prudentesque et in omni scientia plenos episcopos"): Lib. Pont. 106. 10. He is attested among the signatories of the Council of Rome of 853 as bishop of Privernum; see Duchesne, Lib. Pont. II, p. 149, n. 10.

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