 By 22 November, Festus had picked Laurentius as a candidate for Anastasius' successor.Although arbitration by the Ostrogothic king Theodoric awarded the papal throne to Symmachus, Laurentius' supporters effectively ruled as pope until 506.Between 507 and 511 Festus and Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus brought a lawsuit against the ex-consul Paulinus at Rome, but the actual accusation is unknown.