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The Paschal Chronicle records that the vanguard of the Avar army arrived at Constantinople during the siege of 626 on the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul (S00036 and S00008). Written in Greek at Constantinople, c. 630.

Evidence ID

E07974

Type of Evidence

Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)

Paschal Chronicle, s.a. 626

Τῇ oὖν κθ' τοῦ ἰουνίου μηνὸς τῆς παρούσης ιδ' ἰνδικτιῶνος, τουτέστιν τῇ ἡμέρᾷ τῆς συνάξεως τῶν ἁγίων καὶ ἐνδόξων κορυφαίων ἀποστόλων Πέτρου καὶ Παύλου, κατέλαβε πρόκουρσον τοῦ θεομισήτου Χαγάνου, ὡς ἄχρι χιλιάδων τριάκοντα [...]

'And so on the 29th of the month June of the present indiction 14, that is on the day of the Feast of the holy and glorious chief apostles, Peter and Paul, a vanguard of the God-abhorred Chagan [ruler of the Avars] arrived, about 30,000.'

Text: Dindorf 1832, 717.
Translation: Whitby and Whitby 1989, 170-171.

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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.

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).

Record Created By

David Lambert

Date of Entry

Related Saint Records

ID	Name	Name in Source	Identity
S00008	Paul, the Apostle	Παύλος	Certain
S00036	Peter, the Apostle	Πέτρος	Certain

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The Paschal Chronicle records that the vanguard of the Avar army arrived at Constantinople during the siege of 626 on the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul (S00036 and S00008). Written in Greek at Constantinople, c. 630.

E07974

Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)

Dating by saint’s festival

Source

Bibliography

David Lambert

The Paschal Chronicle records that the vanguard of the Avar army arrived at Constantinople during the siege of 626 on the feast of the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036 and S00008). Written in Greek at Constantinople, c. 630.

E07974

Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)

Dating by saint’s festival

Source

Bibliography

David Lambert

The Paschal Chronicle records that the vanguard of the Avar army arrived at Constantinople during the siege of 626 on the feast of the Apostles Peter and Paul (S00036 and S00008). Written in Greek at Constantinople, c. 630.