a patronus causarum at Constantinople, who was one of the commission of Sixteen, headed by Tribonian, who were employed by Justinian (A. D. 530-33) to compile the Digest. (Const. Tanta, § 9.)
[J.T.G]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890