Symmachus had proceeded to call a synod,…

Symmachus had proceeded to call a synod, to be held at Rome on March 1, 499, which is attended by seventy-two bishops and all of the Roman clergy.

Laurentius attends this synod.

Afterwards he is assigned the diocesis of Nuceria in Campania.

According to the account in the Liber Pontificalis, Symmachus bestowed the See on Laurentius "guided by sympathy", but the "Laurentian Fragment" states that Laurentius "was severely threatened and cajoled, and forcibly despatched" to Nuceria.

The synod also ordains that any cleric who seeks to gain votes for a successor to the papacy during the lifetime of the pope, or who calls conferences and holds consultations for that purpose, should be deposed.