The Paschal Chronicle records that the emperor Phocas was crowned in the church of *John the Baptist (S00020) in Constantinople in 602. Written in Greek at Constantinople, c. 630.
Evidence ID
E07967
Type of Evidence
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)
Paschal Chronicle, s.a. 602
Φωκᾶς δὲ τῇ κγ' τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνὸς ἡμέρᾳ ς' στεφθεὶς ὑπὸ Κυριακοῦ πατριάρχου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως εἰς τὸν σεβάσμιον οἶκον τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰωάννου ἐν τῷ Ἑβδόμῳ [...]
'On the 23rd of the same month [November], a Friday, Phocas was crowned by Cyriacus, patriarch of Constantinople, in the venerated church of St. John at the Hebdomon [...]'
Text: Dindorf 1832, 693.
Translation: Whitby and Whitby 1989, 142.
Cult Places
Cult building - independent (church)
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
Phocas had seized power in a military revolt, not in Constantinople itself. He was crowned at Hebdomon, just outside the city, on 23 November 602, after his predecessor Maurice had fled from the city the previous day. He then entered the city in a ceremonial procession. For the church of John the Baptist at Hebdomon, see E07956 and E07958, as well as Janin 1969, 413-415.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
02/09/2020
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00020 | John the Baptist | Ἰωάννης | Certain |
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