Liber Pontificalis

GPTKB entity

Statements (38)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_documents
history
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Book_of_the_Popes
gptkbp:category gptkb:religion
Catholic Church history
Medieval literature
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Catholic_Encyclopedia
gptkbp:compiledBy various authors
gptkbp:contains biographies of popes
gptkbp:date 6th century
gptkbp:earliestEntries gptkb:Pope_Saint_Peter
gptkbp:firstPublished 16th century
gptkbp:genre ecclesiastical history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Liber Pontificalis
gptkbp:includes construction of churches
burial places of popes
dates of papal elections
deeds of popes
details of papal reigns
ecclesiastical decrees
length of pontificates
gptkbp:influencedBy Roman administrative tradition
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:latestEntries 15th century popes
gptkbp:preservedIn Vatican Library
gptkbp:referencedIn modern papal biographies
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Annuario_Pontificio
gptkb:Chronicon_Pontificum
gptkb:Historia_Ecclesiastica
gptkbp:significance primary source for papal history
gptkbp:structure chronological
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Pope
popes
gptkbp:usedBy historians
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Saint_Linus
gptkb:Donation_of_Pepin
gptkb:Battle_of_Poitiers_(732)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6