Evidence ID
E02609
Type of Evidence
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)
Major author/Major anonymous work
Isidore of Seville
Isidore of Seville, Chronicle 367
Per idem tempus corpora sanctorum Abbacuc et Micheae prophetarum diuina reuelatione produntur.
'At the same time the bodies of the holy prophets Habbacuc and Micha are revealed by divine revelation.'
Text: J.C. Martín 2003: 174-175.
Translation: S. Koon and J. Wood 2008.
MiraclesBodily relic - entire body
Revelation of hidden knowledge (past, present and future)
RelicsBodily relic - entire body
Discovering, finding, invention and gathering of relics
Source
Isidore, bishop of Seville (Iberian Peninsula) composed the Chronica maiora first in 615/616 during the reign of Sisebut. Then he revised and lengthened it in 626 during the reign of Swinthila (see Koon and Wood 2008, and Martín 2005).Discussion
Isidore in the Chronicle inserts the dates from the creation of the world which he correlates with the dates of the reign of kings and emperors. The note about Habbakkuk and Micah is dated to the reign of Arcadius and Honorius, which ended in 5606 or 5607 year of creation (depending on the redaction of the Chronicle).The text of the note is identical in both redactions. Isidore derived the information on the discovery of Habbakkuk and Micah from Cassiodorus, Historia tripartita 9.49.
Bibliography
Editions:J.C. Martín, Isidori Hispalensis Chronica (Corpus Christianorum Series Latina 112; Turnhout 2003).
T. Mommsen, Isidori Iunioris episcopi Hispalensis Chronica maiora ed. primum ad a. DCXV (615) (Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Auctores antiquissimi 11; Berlin 1894), 424-488.
Translation:
S. Koon, and J. Wood, "The Chronica Maiora of Isidore of Seville: An introduction and translation", e-Spania 6 (2008); e-spania.revues.org/15552 ; DOI: 10.4000/e-spania.15552.
Further reading:
J.C. Martín, "Les remaniements de la second rédaction de la Chronique d’Isidore de Séville: typologie et motivations", Revue bénédictine 115 (2005), 5-26.
Record Created By
Marta Szada
Date of Entry
25/03/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S01236 | Micah, Old Testament prophet | Micheas | Certain | S01268 | Habakkuk, Old Testament prophet | Abbacuc | Certain |
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