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Jerome, Chronicle 218c-h

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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 Decian persecution, including the martyrdom of Alexander of Jerusalem at Caesarea.

Text

Romanorum CCLVII Olymp(ias) ….. VII ….. Romanorum XXV regnavit Decius ann I mens III (c) Decius e Pannonia inferiore Budaliae natus fuit. I (d) Decius, cum Filippos patrem et filium interfecisset VII persecutio ob odium eorum, in (Christ)ianos persecutionem movet (e) Antonius monachus in Aegypto nascitur (f) Romae amphitheatrum incensum (g) Alexandro Hierosolymarum episcopo aput Caesariam Palestinae ob martyrium interfecto et Antiochiae Babyla Mazabanus et Fabius episcopi constituuntur (h) Decius cum filio in Abryto occiditur 1

Textual Note

Ed. Helm 1956

Corrigenda Note

Minor corr.

Translation

Year of the Romans 267th Olympiad ….. [251 C.E.] 7 ….. 25th (emperor) of the Romans, Decius, ruled for 1 year, 3 months (c) Decius from Pannonia Inferior had been born at Budalia. [252 C.E.] 1 (d) After he killed the Philips, father and son, because 7th persecution he hated them, Decius set in motion a persecution against the Christians. (e) Antony the monk is born in Egypt. (f) The amphitheater at Rome burned. (g) After Alexander, bishop of Jerusalem, was slain as a martyr at Caesarea Palestine and Babylas (likewise) at Antioch, Mazabanus and Fabius are appointed bishops. (h) Decius is killed with his son at Abrytus. 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 218c-h,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published June 30, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/279.

Bibliography:

Joseph L. Rife, “Jerome, Chronicle 218c-h.” 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/279.

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