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Jerome, Chronicle 215f-216c

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Context

St. Jerome undertook to write a universal history of the world early in his illustrious career. His work translated and annotated the second half of Eusebius’ work, finished over a half century earlier, which was organized into a tabulated concordance of chronological schemes (χρονικοὶ κανόνες) ranging from Abraham to Constantine I; he continued Eusebius in the same format with his own historical compendium for the years 327-378 C.E. This passage from Jerome’s translation of Eusebius records the careers of bishops in the East during the reign of Severus Alexander, including Origen’s move from Alexandria to Caesarea.

Text

Romanorum CCLII Olymp(ias) VII (215f) Antiochiae XI constituitur episcopus Zebennus VIII (g) Origenes Alexandriae clarus habetur VIIII (h) Alexandrinae ecclesiae XII episcopus ordinatur Heraclas ann(is) XVI X (i) Alexander in matrem Mammaeam unice pius fuit et ob id omnibus amabilis. CCLIII Olymp(ias) XI (216a) Origenes de Alexandria ad Caesariam Palaestinae transit IICCL XII (b) Romanae ecclesiae XVII episcopatum suscipit Pontianus ann(is) V XIII (c) Alexander occiditur Mogontiaci tumultu militari. 1

Textual Note

Ed. Helm 1956

Corrigenda Note

Minor corr.

Translation

Year of the Romans 252nd Olympiad [229 C.E.] 7 (215f) Zebennus is appointed the eleventh bishop of Antioch [230 C.E.] 8 (g) Origen gains renown at Alexandria. [231 C.E.] 9 (h) Heraclas is ordained the twelfth bishop of the Church of Alexandria for sixteen years. [232 C.E.] 10 (i) Alexander was particularly devoted to his mother Mammaea, and for this reason he was agreeable to everyone. 253rd Olympiad [233 C.E.] 11 (216a) Origen moves from Alexandria to Caesarea Maritima. [234 C.E.] 2050 12 (b) Pontianus takes up the seventeenth episcopate of the Church of Rome for four years. [235 C.E.] 13 (c) Alexander is killed at Moguntiacum in a military uprising. 2

Translation Note

Trans. J. L. Rife with ref. to Pearse 2005

Works Cited

  • 1 Jerome, Eusebius Werke VII: Die Chronik des Hieronymus, ed. Rudolf Helm, Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten drei Jahrhunderte 47 (Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 1956), p: 215f-216c.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Jerome, The Chronicle of St. Jerome: Machine Readable Text, trans. Roger Pearse (Ipswich, UK, 2005)Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
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Joseph L. Rife, “Jerome, Chronicle 215f-216c,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published June 30, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/278.

Bibliography:

Joseph L. Rife, “Jerome, Chronicle 215f-216c.” In Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, edited by Joseph L. Rife., edited by Joseph L. Rife. Caesarea City and Port Exploration Project, 2023. Entry published June 30, 2023. https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/278.

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Entry Title: Jerome, Chronicle 215f-216c

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  • Joseph L. Rife, general editor, Vanderbilt University
  • Joseph L. Rife, editor, Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia
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