Bibliothecarius, Anastasius
Bibliothecarius, Anastasius
(810 -879 ) Librarian of the Vatican, sometimes identified with the antipope . The latter was a Roman presbyter, later cardinal -priest, excommunicated by Pope Leo IV, 850 . Upon Leo’s death, 855 , he was elected pope by the imperial party, but the rightfully elected Benedict III gained the supremacy. His successor, Nicholas I, appointed as librarian, 867 , an Anastasius who had been Abbot of Sancta Maria Trans-Tiberim, Rome, 858 -867 , and, if the same as the antipope , he must have been pardoned by Nicholas. Anastasius the librarian was appointed legate to Constantinople, 869 , where he assisted at the Eighth AEcumenical Council and translated its “Acts” into Latin. He was confirmed in his office by Pope John VIII, 872 .