The Paschal Chronicle records that Arsacius was consecrated as bishop of Constantinople in the church of the Holy *Apostles (S02422) in Constantinople in 404. Written in Greek at Constantinople, c. 630.
Evidence ID
E07988
Type of Evidence
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)
Paschal Chronicle, s.a. 404
Ἐπὶ τούτων τῶν ὑπάτων ἐξεώσθη Ἰωάννης ἐπίσκοπος Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, καὶ αἰφνιδίως ἐκάη ἡ μεγάλη ἐκκλησία σὺν τῷ σενάτῳ ἀπὸ τῶv κρατούντων αὐτῆς τῶν λεγομένων Ξυλοκερκητῶν ἡμέρᾷ δευτέρᾳ ὥρᾳ ς'. καὶ ἐγένετο Ἀρσάκιος ἐπίσκοπος ἐv τοῖς Ἀποστὀλοις μηνὶ δαισίῳ πρὸ ς' καλανδῶv ἰουλίων ἡμέρᾳ δευτέρᾳ.
'In the time of these consuls John bishop of Constantinople was expelled, and the Great Church together with the Senate-house was suddenly burnt by those in possession of it, the so-called Xylocircites, on a Monday at the 6th hour. And Arsacius was created bishop at the Apostles in the month Daisius, on day 6 before Kalends of July [26 June], a Monday.'
Text: Dindorf 1832, 568.
Translation: Whitby and Whitby 1989, 59.
Cult Places
Cult building - independent (church)
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesEcclesiastics - bishops
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
On the church of the Holy Apostles, 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
03/09/2020
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S02422 | All Apostles | οἱ ἀποστόλοι | Certain |
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