Evidence ID
E07903
Type of Evidence
Literary - Other
Major author/Major anonymous work
Jerome of Stridon
Jerome, On Illustrious Men (De viris inlustribus) 7 (Luke the Evangelist)
Sepultus est Constantinopolim, ad quam urbem, uicesimo constantii anno, ossa eius, cum reliquiis Andreae apostoli, translata sunt.
'He is buried at Constantinople to which city, in the twentieth year of Constantius, his bones together with the remains of Andrew the apostle were transferred.'
Text: Richardson, 1896.
Translation: Richardson, 1892.
Cult PlacesBodily relic - entire body
Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
Burial site of a saint - unspecified
RelicsBodily relic - entire body
Bodily relic - bones and teeth
Transfer, translation and deposition of relics
Transfer/presence of relics from distant countries
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesMonarchs and their family
Source
Jerome wrote this collection of very short biographies of 135 Christian authors at the beginning of his stay in Bethlehem in 392/393. Amongst the authors commemorated were several who suffered martyrdom (which Jerome records at the end of their biographies) and others (such as Eusebius of Vercelli and Hilary of Poitiers) who would later attract cult, but Jerome's purpose in writing De viris inlustribus was to show how many learned men there had been, and still were within the Christian church (he closes with a rather longer biography of himself!), rather than to encourage saintly cult. We have therefore only created database entries from the De viris inlustribus in the very few cases (such as this one) where Jerome happens to provide information that sheds significant light on the cult of a saint.Discussion
Jerome also mentions the transfer of the relics of Luke the Evangelist and Andrew the Apostle to Constantinople in his Chronicle, written over a decade earlier than On illustrious men (E04570).Bibliography
Text:Richardson, E.C., De viris inlustribus (Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der Altchristlichen Literatur, vol. 14/1a, Leipzig: J.C. Hinrichs'sche Buchhandlung, 1896), 1-56.
Translation:
Richardson, E.C., On Illustrious Men (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, vol. 3, Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1892). Revised and edited by K. Knight. <http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2708.htm>.
Record Created By
Robert Wiśniewski
Date of Entry
04/04/2020
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00288 | Andrew, the Apostle | Certain | S00442 | Luke, the Evangelist | Certain |
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