Event Factoid
https://spear-prosop.org/8559-433Date: Sometime between 0511-04-11 and 0512-04-10Event Factoid: In the 21st year of the reign of
Anastasios(511/2This regularized date was calculated by the
SPEAR editor from a non-calendrical dating system such as
regnal years, etc.) Anastasios
commanded them to open the coffin of Euphemia the martyr
, remove the book placed there by the Council of Chalcedon , and
burn it. Anastasios
relented when fire from heaven struck the faces of those wishing to remove it
.
Source Text
83
MS. § 83
Chron. § 83
See full text at The Syriac Corpusܘܒܫܢܬ ܥܣܪ̈ܝܢ ܘܚܕܐ ܕܡܠܟܘܬܗ ܕܐܢܣܛܘܣ ܦܩܕ ܕܢܫܪܘܢ ܠܓܠܘܣܩܡܐ ܕܐܘܦܝܡܝܐ ܣܗܕܬܐ. ܘܢܦܩܘܢ ܡܢ ܬܡܢ ܟܬܒܐ ܗܘܿ ܕܣܡܬ ܬܡܢ ܣܘܢܗܕܘܣ ܕܐܬܟܢܫܬ ܒܟܠܩܝܕܘܢܐ ܘܢܘܩܕܘܢܝܗܝ. ܘܢܦܩܬ ܡܢ ܬܡܢ ܢܘܪܐ ܘܡܚܬ ܥܠ ܐܦܝ̈ܗܘܢ ܕܗܿܢܘܢ ܕܨܿܒܝܢ ܗܘܘ ܕܢܦܩܘܢܝܗܝ. ܘܡܛܠ ܗܢܐ ܦܫ ܐܢܣܛܘܣ ܡܢ ܕܢܦܩܗ ܡܢ ܬܡܢ ܘܢܘܩܕܝܗܿ.
Sources:
- Ignazio Guidi,Chronica Minora. Pars Prior, 2 vols., CSCO Syr. III.4 (Paris: Typographeo Reipublicae, 1903), p: 9.
- Benjamin Harris Cowper,Selections from the Syriac. No. I: The Chronicle of Edessa,Journal of Sacred Literature and Biblical Record NS V, 9 (1864): 28–45, part: 83.
How to cite:
Daniel L. Schwartz, https://spear-prosop.org/8559-433, in The Chronicle of Edessa: A SPEAR Prosopography, edited by Daniel L. Schwartz, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, 2025-07-01.Related taxonomy(s)
Related person(s)
- Anastasios I — ܐܢܣܛܘܣ
- Anonymi 2219 — Those struck by fire in 511/2 because they wanted to remove the book placed in the coffin of Euphemia the Martyr by the Council of Chalcedon
- Euphemia, the martyr — ܐܘܦܝܡܝܐ