Note 498 — THE DISCOURSE OF LORENZO VALLA ON THE FORGERY OF THE ALLEGED DONATION OF CONSTANTINE (continued 2)
Christopher Bush Coleman translation
In the Liber Pontificalis (ed. Duchesne, i, 454) the keys of Ravenna and other cities included in the so-called Donation of Pippin are said to have been placed in “the confession of St. Peter” (i.e., before his tomb). This association seems to have been common in the eighth century.