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E00712: Victor of Tunnuna recounts how the body of *Antony ('the Great', monk of Egypt, ob. 356, S00098), was discovered, transferred to, and buried in Alexandria, in the basilica of *John the Baptist (S00020), in 561. Entry in his Latin Chronicle, written in Constantinople in 564/566.
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posted on 2015-09-13, 00:00 authored by BryanVictor of Tunnuna, Chronica
Post consulatum Basilli V[iri] C[larissimi] anno XXI (= AD 561)
Corpus sancti Antonii heremitae repertum cum maximo honore Alexandriam perducitur et in basilica sancti Iohannis Baptistae honorifice collocatur.
'The 21st year after the consulate of Basilius, vir clarissimus (senator) (= AD 561)
The body of St Antony the hermit was found and transferred most respectfully to Alexandria and deposited with respect in the basilica of St John the Baptist.'
Text: Mommsen 1894, 205. Translation: Robert Wiśniewski.
Post consulatum Basilli V[iri] C[larissimi] anno XXI (= AD 561)
Corpus sancti Antonii heremitae repertum cum maximo honore Alexandriam perducitur et in basilica sancti Iohannis Baptistae honorifice collocatur.
'The 21st year after the consulate of Basilius, vir clarissimus (senator) (= AD 561)
The body of St Antony the hermit was found and transferred most respectfully to Alexandria and deposited with respect in the basilica of St John the Baptist.'
Text: Mommsen 1894, 205. Translation: Robert Wiśniewski.
History
Evidence ID
E00712Saint Name
Antony, 'the Great', monk of Egypt, ob. 356 : S00098 John the Baptist : S00020Saint Name in Source
Iohannes Baptista AntoniusRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)Language
- Latin