Hydatius in his Chronicle records the discovery near Jerusalem in 415 of the body of *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030); written in Latin, probably in Chaves (north-west Hispania), c. 468/469.
Evidence ID
E02043
Type of Evidence
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)
Hydatius, Chronicle 50 [58]
Hierosolimis Iohanne quo supra episcopo presidente sanctus et primus post Christum dominum martyr Stefanus reuelatur.
'When the aforementioned bishop John was presiding in Jerusalem, St Stephen, the first martyr after Christ the Lord, was discovered.'
Text and translation: Burgess 1992: 84-85
RelicsBodily relic - unspecified
Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
Bodily relic - unspecified
Discovering, finding, invention and gathering of relics
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesEcclesiastics - bishops
Source
Hydatius, a bishop in Galicia (in north-west Spain), probably of Chaves, wrote his chronicle c. 468/469. It is the most important source for the history of Iberia in the 5th century. For detailed discussion and further bibliography, see: Burgess 1993; Muhlberger 1990, 193-266.The numbers of paragraphs in brackets refer to the 1973 edition of A. Tranoy.
Discussion
John was bishop of Jerusalem from 378 to 417. Hydatius mentions him earlier in his chronicle (31 [38] and 33 [40]) along with the information that he saw him personally during his travels to the Holy Land in childhood, c. 406/408. According to the account of the discovery of the grave of St Stephen, written by the priest Lucian, the grave was found in the village of Caphargamala, in the territory of Jerusalem (E07864).Bibliography
Editions and translations:Burgess ,R.W., The Chronicle of Hydatius and the Consularia Constantinopolitana: Two Contemporary Accounts of the Final Years of the Roman Empire (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993). Edition and English translation.
Mommsen, T., Hydatii Lemici continuatio chronicorum Hieronymianorum, in: Chronica Minora saec. IV. V. VI. VII., vol. 2 (Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Auctores Antiquissimi 11; Berlin: Apud Weidmannos, 1894), 1-36.
Tranoy, A., Hydace, Chronique, 2 vols. (Sources chrétiennes 218-219; Paris: Cerf, 1973). Edition and French translation.
Further reading:
Muhlberger, S., The Fifth-Century Chroniclers: Prosper, Hydatius, and the Gallic Chronicler of 452 (Leeds: Francis Cairns, 1990).
Record Created By
Marta Szada
Date of Entry
25/11/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00030 | Stephen, the First Martyr | Stefanus | Certain |
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