A Place for Donation of Constantine Stuff
Students of Raphael (Gianfrancesco Penni? Giulio Romano?), "Donation of Constantine" Vatican, Apostolic Palace (1520-1524) (Photo: Burkhard Mücke, CC BY-SA 4.0) The Donation of Constantine Forgery in English and Latin with the parts quoted in Leo IX's letter to Patriarch Michael Cerularius in bold in both. The forgery was famously debunked by Lorenzo Valla which is available in Christopher B. Coleman’s The Treatise of Lorenzo Valla on the Donation of Constantine: Text and Translation into English (New Haven: Yale University Press / London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1922). Medieval Sourcebook: The Donation of Constantine (c.750—800) Introduction provided by Medieval Sourcebook: This is perhaps the most famous forgery in history. For centuries, until Lorenzo Valla proved it was forgery during the Renaissance it provided the basis for papal territorial and jurisdictional claims in Italy. Probably at least a first draft of it was made shortly after t...