Liber Pontificalis References

Duchesne, L. (1886). Le Liber pontificalis Volume 1, E. Thorin. - open access at archive.org - used by Guidoboni and Comastri (2005)

Duchesne, L. (1892). Le liber pontificalis Volume 2, E. Thorin. - open access at archive.org - used by Guidoboni and Comastri (2005)

Mommsen, T. (1898). Gestorum pontificum romanorum, pars I: Liber Pontificalis, Berlin - open access at Google Books

Mommsen, T. (1898). Gestorum pontificum romanorum, pars I: Liber Pontificalis, Berlin - open access at Digital Monumenta Germaniae Historica - navigate to Scriptores rerum Langobardicarum et Italicarum (SS rer. Lang.) -> Gesta pontificum Romanorum -> 1: Liber Pontificalis. Teil 1

Duchesne, L. and C. Vogel (1957). Le Liber pontificalis Volume 3, E. de Boccard. - used by Guidoboni and Comastri (2005)

Davis, R. (2000). The Book of Pontiffs (Liber Pontificalis): The Ancient Biographies of the First Ninety Roman Bishops to AD 715 , Liverpool University Press. - can be borrowed with a free account at archive.org

• from wikipedia

The Liber Pontificalis was first edited by Joannes Busaeus under the title Anastasii bibliothecarii Vitæ seu Gesta Romanorum Pontificum (Mainz, 1602). A new edition, including the Historia ecclesiastica of Anastasius, was edited by Fabrotti (Paris, 1647). Another edition, editing the older Liber Pontificalis up to Pope Adrian II and adding Pope Stephen VI, was compiled by Fr. Bianchini (4 vols., Rome, 1718–35; a projected fifth volume did not appear).^[2] Muratori reprinted Bianchini's edition, adding the remaining popes through John XXII (Scriptores rerum Italicarum, III). Migne also republished Bianchini's edition, adding several appendixes (P. L., CXXVII-VIII).^[2]

Modern editions include those of Louis Duchesne (Liber Pontificalis. Texte, introduction et commentaire, 2 vols., Paris, 1886–92) and Theodor Mommsen (Gestorum Pontificum Romanorum pars I: Liber Pontificalis, Mon. Germ. hist., Berlin, 1898). Duchesne incorporates the Annales Romani (1044–1187) into his edition of the Liber Pontificalis, which otherwise relies on the two earliest known recensions of the work (530 and 687).^[4] Mommsen's edition is incomplete, extending only until 715.^[2] Translations and further commentaries appeared throughout the 20th century.

• Davis, Raymond. The Book of Pontiffs (Liber Pontificalis). Liverpool: University of Liverpool Press, 1989. ISBN 0-85323-216-4. An English translation for general use, but not including scholarly notes.
  • Davis, Raymond. The Book of Pontiffs (Liber Pontificalis). Second Edition. Liverpool: University of Liverpool Press, 2000. ISBN 0-85323-545-7. Stops with Pope Constantine, 708–15; contains an extensive and up to date bibliography,
  • Davis, Raymond. "The Lives of the Eighth Century Popes." Liverpool: University of Liverpool Press, 1992. From 715 to 817.
  • Davis, Raymond. "The Lives of the Ninth Century Popes" Liverpool: University of Liverpool Press, 1989. From 817 to 891.

Liber Pontificalis at the Catholic Encyclopedia