Evidence ID
E03521Saint Name
John of Lycopolis, 4th-century monk in Egypt : S00102Saint Name in Source
Iohannes Aegyptius monachusType of Evidence
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)Language
LatinEvidence not before
452Evidence not after
460Activity not before
370Activity not after
400Place of Evidence - Region
Gaul and Frankish kingdomsPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Tours
Tours
Toronica urbs
Prisciniacensim vicus
Pressigny
Turonorum civitas
Ceratensis vicus
CéréCult Activities - Miracles
Miracle during lifetime
Revelation of hidden knowledge (past, present and future)Cult Activities - Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
Ecclesiastics - monks/nuns/hermitsSource
The Gallic Chronicle of 452 was written by an unknown author who is generally located by scholars in southern Gaul on the basis of the prominence of southern Gallic events in the Chronicle. The last event mentioned in the Chronicle is the invasion of Italy by Attila in 452. It is therefore assumed to have been compiled at around that date, hence its modern title. For full discussion see Muhlberger 1990, 136-192; Burgess 2001, 52-65.
The Gallic Chronicle of 452 is a continuation of the chronicle of Jerome, beginning when Jerome's concludes (in the 370s), and has the same chronological system, which makes simultaneous use of years from the birth of Abraham, Olympiads, and regnal years of Roman emperors (Burgess 2001, 52, 57-60).Discussion
'John the Egyptian monk' is the well-known Egyptian holy man John of Lycopolis. According to Mommsen (1892, p. 648, n.8), the chronicle entry derives from Rufinus' Latin translation of the Historia monachorum in Aegypto (E03558).Bibliography
Editions:
Mommsen, T., Chronica Gallica a.CCCCLII, in: Chronica Minora saec. IV. V. VI. VII., vol. 1 (Monumenta Germaniae Historica: Auctores Antiquissimi 9; Berlin: Apud Weidmannos, 1892), 646-662.
Burgess, R., "The Gallic Chronicle of 452: A New Critical Edition with a Brief Introduction," in: R.W. Mathisen and D. Shanzer (eds.), Society and Culture in Late Antique Gaul: Revisiting the Sources (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2001), 52-84, pp. 67-82.
English translation:
Murray, A.C., From Roman to Merovingian Gaul: A Reader (Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, 2000), 76-85.
Further reading:
Muhlberger, S., The Fifth-Century Chroniclers: Prosper, Hydatius, and the Gallic Chronicler of 452 (Leeds: Francis Cairns, 1990).