Isidore of Seville, in his Chronicle (388), mentions the discovery of the body of *Barnabas (apostle and companion of Paul the Apostle, S00786) and of the autograph of the Gospel of Matthew, both during the reign of the emperor Zeno (474-491). Written in Latin in Seville (southern Hispania), in two redactions, in 615/616 and 626.
Evidence ID
E02623
Type of Evidence
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)
Major author/Major anonymous work
Isidore of Seville
Isidore of Seville, Chronicle 388
Per idem tempus corpus Barnabae apostoli et euangelium Mathei eius stilo scriptum ipso reuelante repertum est.
'At the same time the body of Barnabas the apostle and the gospel of Matthew, written with his own stylus, having revealed themselves, were discovered.'
Text: Martín 2003, 186-187.
Translation: Koon and Wood 2008.
Cult PlacesBodily relic - entire body
Burial site of a saint - unspecified
MiraclesRevelation of hidden knowledge (past, present and future)
RelicsBodily relic - entire body
Discovering, finding, invention and gathering of relics
Handwriting of a saint
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 Barnabas and the Gospel of Matthew is dated to the reign of Zeno, which ended in 5687 or 5690 year of the 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 Barnabas and the Gospel of Matthew from the Chronicle of Victor of Tunnuna (E02630).
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
29/03/2017
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00786 | Barnabas, apostle and companion of *Paul the Apostle, ob. c. 61 | Barnabas | Certain |
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