Date: 0511Event Factoid:
During the investigation of
Macedonius II that led to his exile, there was close examination of
copies of the Gospel of Matthew showing that someone had falsely
added the story of the soldier piercing the side of Christ.
Sources:
E. W. Brooks and E. W. Brooks, eds.,Letters LXII to CXVII,inA Collection of Letters of Severus of Antioch , from Numerous Syriac Manuscripts, Patrologia Orientalis 14 (Paris: Firmin-Didot et cie, 1919), p: 266, part: 108.