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E02609: Isidore of Seville in his Latin Chronicle written in two redactions in 615/616 and 626 mentions the discovery of the bodies of Habbakkuk (S01236) and Micah (S01268), the Old Testament prophets, dated to the reign of Arcadius and Honorius (395-408).

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Isidore of Seville, Chronicle 367

Per idem tempus corpora sanctorum Abbacuc et Micheae prophetarum diuina reuelatione produntur.

'At the same time the bodies of the holy prophets Habbacuc and Micha are revealed by divine revelation.'

Text: J.C. Martín 2003: 174-175. Translation: S. Koon and J. Wood 2008.

History

Evidence ID

E02609

Saint Name

Micah, the Old Testament Prophet : S01236 Habakkuk, the Old Testament prophet : S01268

Saint Name in Source

Micheas Abbacuc

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Type of Evidence

Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)

Language

Latin

Evidence not before

615

Evidence not after

626

Activity not before

395

Activity not after

408

Place of Evidence - Region

Iberian Peninsula

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Seville

Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)

Seville Osset Osset Osen (castrum) Osser castrum

Major author/Major anonymous work

Isidore of Seville

Cult Activities - Miracles

Revelation of hidden knowledge (past, present and future)

Cult Activities - Relics

Bodily relic - entire body Discovering, finding, invention and gathering of relics

Source

Isidore, bishop of Seville (Iberian Peninsula) composed the Chronica maiora first in 615/616 during the reign of Sisebut. Then he revised and lengthened it in 626 during the reign of Swinthila (see Koon and Wood 2008, and Martín 2005).

Discussion

Isidore in the Chronicle inserts the dates from the creation of the world which he correlates with the dates of the reign of kings and emperors. The note about Habbakkuk and Micah is dated to the reign of Arcadius and Honorius, which ended in 5606 or 5607 year of creation (depending on the redaction of the Chronicle). The text of the note is identical in both redactions. Isidore derived the information on the discovery of Habbakkuk and Micah from Cassiodorus, Historia tripartita 9.49.

Bibliography

Editions: J.C. Martín, Isidori Hispalensis Chronica (Corpus Christianorum Series Latina 112; Turnhout 2003). T. Mommsen, Isidori Iunioris episcopi Hispalensis Chronica maiora ed. primum ad a. DCXV (615) (Monumenta Germaniae Historica, Auctores antiquissimi 11; Berlin 1894), 424-488. Translation: S. Koon, and J. Wood, "The Chronica Maiora of Isidore of Seville: An introduction and translation", e-Spania 6 (2008); e-spania.revues.org/15552 ; DOI: 10.4000/e-spania.15552. Further reading: J.C. Martín, "Les remaniements de la second rédaction de la Chronique d’Isidore de Séville: typologie et motivations", Revue bénédictine 115 (2005), 5-26.

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S01236 S01268 History

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