disputed succession as pope
... that both Symmachus and Laurentius turned to Theodoric the Great to resolve their disputed succession as pope, the first recorded example of papal simony?
... that both <a href="./Pope_Symmachus" id="mwCIE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pope Symmachus">Symmachus</a> and <a href="./Antipope_Laurentius" id="mwCII" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Antipope Laurentius">Laurentius</a> turned to <a href="./Theodoric_the_Great" id="mwCIM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Theodoric the Great">Theodoric the Great</a> to resolve their <b id="mwCIQ"><a href="./Ostrogothic_Papacy" id="mwCIU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ostrogothic Papacy">disputed succession as pope</a></b>, the first recorded example of papal <a href="./Simony" id="mwCIY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Simony">simony</a>?