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written during the Laurentian schism (498–506/7). The forgeries include three
redactions of a Roman synod supposedly convened in 324; four letters relating to
the Council of Nicaea in 325; and four narrative accounts of fictional ecclesiasti-
cal events and trials in which bishops are investigated and exonerated of a range
of charges. Partisans of Symmachus, the bishop who ultimately prevailed in the
schism, seem to have authored most of these documents, although at least two
reflect another point of view, presumably that of Laurentius’ supporters.