Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus

Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus
Symmachus (left) and Boethius, presentation miniature, Boethius, De institutione arithmetica, c. 845
Western Roman Consul
In office
485–485
MonarchTheodoric
Preceded byDecius Marius Venantius Basilius
Succeeded byCaecina Mavortius Basilius Decius
Personal details
Died526
NationalityRoman
RelationsSymmachi
ChildrenRusticiana, Galla, and ProbaBoethius, adopted
ParentQuintus Aurelius Symmachus
ProfessionHistorian, patron

Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus (died 526) was a 6th-century Roman aristocrat, a historian and a supporter of Nicene Christianity.[1] He was a patron of secular learning, and became the consul for the year 485. He supported Pope Symmachus in the schism over the Popes' election, and was executed with his son-in-law Boethius after being charged with treason.

  1. ^ Noel Harold Kaylor; Philip Edward Phillips (3 May 2012), A Companion to Boethius in the Middle Ages, BRILL, pp. 8–, ISBN 978-90-04-18354-4, retrieved 19 January 2013