The Paschal Chronicle records that in 396 Arcadia, one of the daughters of the emperor Arcadius, founded a church in Constantinople dedicated to *Andrew (the Apostle, S00288). Written in Greek at Constantinople, c. 630.
E07957
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)
Pascal Chronicle
Paschal Chronicle, s.a. 396
Οὗτος Ἀρκάδιος, υἱὸς Θεοδοσίου τοῦ μεγάλου, ἔσχεν γυναῖκα Εὐδοξίαν, ἐξ ἧς τίκτεται Θεοδόσιος ὁ νέος. ἔσχεν δὲ καὶ θυγατέρας Πουλχερίαν καὶ Ἀρκαδίαν καὶ Μαρῖναν. καὶ ἐκ τούτων αἱ μὲν δύο, τουτέστιν Ἀρκαδία ἔκτισε τὸ δημόσιον Ἀρκαδιανάς, Μαρῖνα δὲ τὸν οἶκον ἔκτισε τῶν Μαρίνης. καὶ Πουλχερία τελευταῖον ἔγημε Μαρκιανόν. ἡ δὲ Ἀρκαδία ἔκτισε καὶ τὸν οἶκov τοῦ Ἀνδρέου, ἐπίκλην τὰ Ἀρκαδίας.
'This Arcadius, son of Theodosius the Great, had as wife Eudoxia, by whom Theodosius the younger was borne. He also had daughters, Pulcheria and Arcadia and Marina. And two of these, namely Arcadia and Marina respectively founded the Arcadianae bath and the mansion of Marina. And Pulcheria finally married Marcian. But Arcadia founded as well the church of St. Andrew called that of Arcadia.'
Text: Dindorf 1832, 566.
Translation: Whitby and Whitby 1989, 56.
Cult building - independent (church)
Non Liturgical ActivityConstruction of cult buildings
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesWomen
Monarchs 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
Arcadia (400-444) was the sister of the emperor Theodosius II. For this church of Andrew see Janin 1969, 27.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)
David Lambert
01/09/2020
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00288 | Andrew, the Apostle | Ἀνδρέας | Certain |
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