The Paschal Chronicle records that in 337 the emperor Constantine was buried in the church of the Holy *Apostles (S02422) in Constantinople, containing the remains of *Andrew (the Apostle, S00288), *Luke (the Evangelist, S00442), and *Timothy (disciple of the Apostle Paul, S00466). Written in Greek at Constantinople, c. 630.
Evidence ID
E07954
Type of Evidence
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)
Major author/Major anonymous work
Pascal Chronicle
Paschal Chronicle, s.a. 337
Καὶ κατετέθη ἐν τῷ ναῷ τῶν ἁγίων Ἀποστόλων, ἐν ᾦ ἀπόκεινται λείψανα τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων Ἀνδρέου καὶ Λουκᾶ τοῦ εὐαγγελιστοῦ καὶ Τιμοθέου μαθητοῦ Παύλου τοῦ ἀποστόλου.
'And he was laid to rest in the church of the Holy Apostles in which lie the remains of the holy apostles Andrew, and Luke the evangelist, and Timothy disciple of Paul the apostle.'
Text: Dindorf 1832, 533.
Translation: Whitby and Whitby 1989, 22.
Cult PlacesBodily relic - entire body
Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
Cult building - independent (church)
RelicsBodily relic - entire body
Transfer/presence of relics from distant countries
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesMonarchs and their family
Source
The Chronicon Paschale (paschal or Easter chronicle) is a chronicle compiled at Constantinople in the first half of the 7th century. It covers events from the creation of the world up to the anonymous author's own time. The Chronicle probably concluded with the year 630 (see Whitby and Whitby 1989, xi), though the surviving text breaks off slightly earlier, in the entry for 628. The traditional name for the Chronicle originates from its introductory section, which discusses methods for calculating the date of Easter. The Chronicle survives thanks to a single manuscript, Vatican, Gr. 1941 (10th c.), on which all other surviving manuscripts depend. The only critical edition remains that of Ludwig Dindorf (1832).The chronicler uses multiple chronological systems to date events: Olympiads, consular years, indictions, and years from the Ascension, as well as using Roman, Greek, and sometimes Egyptian dates (see Whitby and Whitby 1989, x). Numerous literary sources are utilised for the period before the author's own time, including well-known historical sources such as Eusebius and John Malalas. We have not included entries for material in the Paschal Chronicle which simply reproduces material in earlier sources already entered in our database.
Discussion
The author's comment that the church of the Holy Apostles contained the relics of Andrew, Luke and Timothy is made looking back from his own time: the relics were not there at the time of Constantine's burial but were translated there under his son Constantius, as is described in a later entry in the Chronicle (E07986). On the church, see Janin 1969, 41-50.Bibliography
Edition:Dindorf, L., Chronicon Paschale (Bonn, 1832).
Translation:
Whitby, M., and Whitby, M., Chronicon Paschale 284-628 AD (Translated Texts for Historians 7; Liverpool, 1989).
Further reading:
Janin, R., La géographie ecclésiastique de l'empire byzantin. I: Les églises et les monastères de la ville de Constantinople. (2nd ed.; Paris, 1969).
Record Created By
David Lambert
Date of Entry
25/08/2020
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00288 | Andrew, the Apostle | Ἀνδρέας | Certain | S00442 | Luke, the Evangelist | Λουκᾶς | Certain | S00466 | Timothy, the disciple of Paul the Apostle | Τιμοθέος | Certain | S02422 | All Apostles | Certain |
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