Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus (died 526) was a Roman aristocrat and a historian of the 6th century. Prominent during his lifetime for as a patron of secular learning, consul for the year 485, and for his support of Pope Symmachus in the schism over his election, Memmius Symmachus was executed with his son-in-law Boethius after being charged with treason.
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