The Paschal Chronicle records that the empress Eudoxia was buried in the church of the Holy *Apostles (S02422) in Constantinople in 404, and the emperor Arcadius in the same church in 408. Written in Greek at Constantinople, c. 630.
E07989
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)
Paschal Chronicle, s.a. 404
Καὶ ἐτελεύτησεν Εὐδοξία Αὔγουστα μηνὶ τῷ αὐτῷ ὑπερβερεταίῳ πρὸ a' νωνῶν ὀκτωβρίων ἡμέρᾳ ε', καὶ ἐτέθη ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις Ἀποστόλοις μηνὶ ὑπερβερεταίῳ πρὸ δ' ἰδῶν ὀκτωβρίων ἡμέρᾳ δ'.
'And Eudoxia Augusta died in the same month Hyperberetaeus, day 1 before Nones of October [6 Oct.], a Thursday, and was laid in the Holy Apostles in the month Hyperberetaeus, on day 4 before Ides of October [12 Oct.], a Wednesday.'
Paschal Chronicle, s.a. 408
Ἐπὶ τούτων τῶν ὑπάτων ἐτελεύτησαν Ἀρκάδιος Αὔγουστος ἐv τῷ παλατίῳ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως μηνὶ ἀρτεμισίῳ καλανδαῖς μαΐαις, καὶ ἀπετέθη ἐv τοῖς Ἀποστόλοις.
'In the time of these consuls Arcadius Augustus died in the Palace of Constantinople, in the month Artemisius, on Kalends of May [1 May], and he was laid to rest in the Apostles.'
Text: Dindorf 1832, 569, 570.
Translation: Whitby and Whitby 1989, 59-60, 61.
Cult building - independent (church)
Non Liturgical ActivityBurial ad sanctos
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
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).
David Lambert
03/09/2020
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S02422 | All Apostles | οἱ ἁγίοι ἀποστόλοι | Certain |
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