Hydatius in his Latin Chronicle records how Theodoric II, king of the Goths, refrained from the pillage of Mérida (south-west Hispania) in 456/7 because of warnings from *Eulalia (virgin and martyr of Mérida, S00407); written probably in Chaves (north-west Hispania), c 468/469.
Evidence ID
E02047
Type of Evidence
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)
Hydatius, Chronicle 175 [182]
Theudericus Emeritam depredari moliens beatae Eulaliae martyris terretur ostentis.
'Theoderic was preparing to pillage Emerita but was deterred by warnings from the blessed martyr Eulalia.'
Text and translation: Burgess 1993: 108-109.
MiraclesMiracle after death
Miracle after death
Miraculous interventions in war
Miraculous protection - of communities, towns, armies
Source
Hydatius, a bishop in Galicia (in northwest 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
Hydatius twice refers to the miraculous powers of Eulalia in his Chronicle (here and in SE02046); the other references he makes to saints are those to Stephen, the First Martyr, and Martin of Tours. These facts support the high status of the cult of Eulalia in 5th c. Spain.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
26/11/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00407 | Eulalia, virgin and martyr of Mérida | Eulalia | Certain |
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