De Iohanne, Liber pontificalis ecclesiae Ravennatis, ch. 36

Name of text: De Iohanne, Liber pontificalis ecclesiae Ravennatis, ch. 36
Author of text: Agnellus of Ravenna
Date of text: 831-846
Date of person in text: b. 794-804, d. after 846
Name of structure in text: Monasteria of SS. Gervase and Protase, next to Church of S. Laurence
Type of structure in text: chapel or monastery
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Country in text: Italy
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City in text: Ravenna
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[…] and he [Laurence] was buried in the monasterium of SS. Gervase and Protase, next to the above mentioned church [Church of S. Laurence], wonderfully decorated with gold mosaic and different types of stones and pieces of precious materials, joined to the walls.

Mosaic date in text: 5 AD
Tesserae silver mentioned in text? No
Tesserae gold mentioned in text? Yes
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Bibliography: For translation see Agnellus of Ravenna, The Book of Pontiffs of the Church of Ravenna, trans. by Deborah Mauskopf Deliyannis (Washington DC: The Catholic University of America Press, 2004), p. 137
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