Jerome, in his continuation of Eusebius' Chronicle, mentions the death of *Antony (the Great, monk of Egypt, S00098) and the transfer of the relics of *Timothy (the disciple of Paul the Apostle, S00466) to Constantinople, both in AD 356/357, and refers to the Life of *Paul (the First Anchorite, S00089) that he himself wrote. Written in Latin in Constantinople, c. 381.
Evidence ID
E04569
Type of Evidence
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)
Major author/Major anonymous work
Jerome of Stridon
Jerome of Stridon, Chronicle s.a. 356/357
XVIIII Antonius monachus CV aetatis anno in heremo moritur solitus multis ad se uenientibus de Paulo quodam Thebaeo mirae beatitudinis uiro referre, cuius nos exitum breui libello explicuimus.
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Reliquiae apostoli Timothei Constantinopolim inuectae.
'[19th year of the reign of the emperor Constantius] Antony the monk dies in his 105th year in the desert. He was accustomed to recount to many who came to him about a certain man Paul the Theban of wonderful blessings, whose death we have ourselves explained in a brief book.
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The relics of the apostle Timothy brought to Constantinople.'
Text: Helm 1956, 240.
Translation: Pearse 2005.
Non Liturgical Activity
Composing and translating saint-related texts
RelicsBodily relic - entire body
Source
About 380 Jerome of Stridon, then sojourning in Constantinople, translated into Latin the Chronikoi kanones, or Chronological Canons, one of the two parts of the Chronicle of Eusebius of Caesarea. This work presented the word's history in chronological order in parallel columns, which made it possible to compare what happened in the same years in the major empires and with the Jews. After AD 70 (the fall of the Jewish upraising) only one column remains, following the the history of the Romans.In the Chronicle, the events are dated by the years of the Olympiads and, for the times of Julius Caesar, also by the reigning years of the Roman emperors. Jerome's version of the Ch
Jerome completed the Chronicle for the years 325-379. The references to the cult of saints, concerning the translations of relics and construction appear only in the 350s.
Discussion
The Chronicle is the only source which gives the date of the death of Antony, which is missing from his Life by Athanasius (see S00631).Bibliography
Edition:Helm, R. Eusebius Werke, vol. 7: Die Chronik des Hieronymus, Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten Jahrhunderte 47 (Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 1956).
Translation:
Pearse, R. and friends (Ipswich: 2005): http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/jerome_chronicle_03_part2.htm.
Record Created By
Robert Wiśniewski
Date of Entry
10/01/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00089 | Paul, the First Anchorite | Paulus | Certain | S00098 | Antony, 'the Great', monk of Egypt, ob. 356 | Antonius | Certain | S00466 | Timothy, the disciple of Paul the Apostle | Timotheus, Apollinaris | Certain |
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