E00254: The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Telesphorus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00131), tells how he was an anchorite from Greece, became bishop of Rome, died a martyr, and was buried in Rome close to the body of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) on 2 January [c. AD 137].

Liber Pontificalis 9 First edition (as reconstructed by Duchesne) Thelesfor, natione Graecus, ex anachorita, sedit ann. XI mens. III dies XXI. Fuit autem temporibus Antonini et Marci ... Martyrio coronatur ... Qui etiam sepultus est iuxta corpus beati Petri in Vaticanum IIII non. ian. 'Telesphorus born in Greece, a former anchorite, held the see 11 years 3 months 21 days. He was bishop in the time of Antoninus and Marcus ... He was crowned with martyrdom ... He was buried close to the body of the blessed Peter on the Vatican on the fourth day before the Nones of January [2 January].' Second edition Telesphorus, natione Graecus, ex anachorita, sedit ann. XI mens. III dies XXI. Fuit autem temporibus Antonini et Marci ... Martyrio coronatur. Qui vero sepultus est iuxta corpus beati Petri in Vaticanum IIII non. ianuar. 'Telesphorus born in Greece, a former anchorite, held the see 11 years 3 months 21 days. He was bishop in the time of Antoninus and Marcus ... He was crowned with martyrdom. He was buried close to the body of the blessed Peter on the Vatican on the fourth day before the Nones of January [2 January].' Text: Duchesne 1886, 57 and 129. Translation: Davis 2010, 4, lightly modified.