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E05462: The Council of Chalcedon of 451 is convoked at the shrine of *Euphemia (martyr of Chalcedon, S00017), which is named as the venue of the council in several documents of its Acts. The martyr is mentioned as the invisible protector and guide of the bishops’ decisions in a letter addressed by the council to Pope Leo I of Rome. Written in Greek in Chalcedon (north-west Asia Minor, near Constantinople).
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posted on 2018-05-17, 00:00 authored by erizosActs of the Council of Chalcedon
The shrine of Euphemia is named in several documents as the venue of the Council. We provide the following examples:
Session 1
1. Ὑπατείᾳ τοῦ δεσπότου ἡμῶν Μαρκιανοῦ τοῦ αἰωνίου αὐγούστου καὶ τοῦ δηλωθησομένου τῇ πρὸ Εἰδῶν Ὀκτωβρίων ἐν Χαλκηδόνι.
Κατὰ κέλευσιν τοῦ θειοτάτου καὶ εὐσεβεστάτου δεσπότου ἡμῶν Μαρκιανοῦ τοῦ αἰωνίου αὐγούστου συνελθόντων ἐν τῇ ἁγιωτάτῃ ἐκκλησίᾳ τῆς ἁγίας μάρτυρος Εὐφημίας τῶν ἐνδοξοτάτων ἀρχόντων, τουτέστιν (...)
‘1. In the consulship of our lord Marcian perpetual Augustus and the one to be designated, eight days before the Ides of October, at Chalcedon.
2. By order of our most divine and pious lord Marcian perpetual Augustus there assembled in the most holy church of the holy martyr Euphemia the most glorious officials, that is: (...)’
Text: Schwartz, ACO II.1.1, p. 55.
Translation: Price, Gaddis 2005, vol. 1, 122.
Session 3
2. κατὰ χάριν θεοῦ καὶ θεσπίσματος τῶν εὐσεβεστάτων βασιλέων συνόδου οίκουμενικῆς συγκροτηθείσης καὶ συνεδρευσάντων ἐν τῷ μαρτυρίῳ τῆς ἁγίας καὶ καλλινίκου μάρτυρος Εὐφημίας [....]
‘(...) 2. By the grace of God and by the decree of the most pious emperors an ecumenical council was convoked, and there assembled in the martyrium of the holy and victorious martyr Euphemia (...)’
Text: Schwartz, ACO II.1.2, p. 3 [199]
Translation: Price, Gaddis 2005, vol. 2, 38.
Session 8
21. Letter of the Council to Pope Leo I
[…] θεὸς γὰρ ἦν ὁ ἐνεργῶν καὶ ἡ τὸν σύλλογον τῷ νυμφῶνι στεφανοῦσα καλλίνικος Εὐφημία, ἣ ὥσπερ οἰκείαν ὁμολογίαν τῆς πίστεως παρ’ ἡμῶν δεξαμένη τὸν ὅρον τῷ ἑαυτῆς νυμφίῳ διὰ τοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου βασιλέως καὶ τῆς φιλοχρίστου βασιλίδος προσήγαγεν πᾶσαν μὲν τῶν ἀντικειμένων ταραχὴν κατευνάσασα, τὴν δὲ τῆς ἀληθείας ὡς φίλην ὁμολογίαν κρατύνασα καὶ χειρὶ καὶ γλώττῃ ταῖς πάντων ψήφοις ἐπισφραγίσασα πρὸς ἀπόδειξιν.
'For it was God who was at work, and the triumphant Euphemia who crowned our assembly with her bridal chamber [= the shrine]; she welcomed from us the definition as her own confession of the faith and presented it to her Bridegroom through the most pious emperor and Christ-loving empress; she thus quenched all the turmoil of the opposition, confirmed the confession of the truth as approved, and in proof she sealed it through everyone's vote by hand and tongue alike.'
Text: Schwartz, ACO II. 1. 3, p. [476] 117, lines 35-40. Translation: Efthymios Rizos.
The shrine of Euphemia is named in several documents as the venue of the Council. We provide the following examples:
Session 1
1. Ὑπατείᾳ τοῦ δεσπότου ἡμῶν Μαρκιανοῦ τοῦ αἰωνίου αὐγούστου καὶ τοῦ δηλωθησομένου τῇ πρὸ Εἰδῶν Ὀκτωβρίων ἐν Χαλκηδόνι.
Κατὰ κέλευσιν τοῦ θειοτάτου καὶ εὐσεβεστάτου δεσπότου ἡμῶν Μαρκιανοῦ τοῦ αἰωνίου αὐγούστου συνελθόντων ἐν τῇ ἁγιωτάτῃ ἐκκλησίᾳ τῆς ἁγίας μάρτυρος Εὐφημίας τῶν ἐνδοξοτάτων ἀρχόντων, τουτέστιν (...)
‘1. In the consulship of our lord Marcian perpetual Augustus and the one to be designated, eight days before the Ides of October, at Chalcedon.
2. By order of our most divine and pious lord Marcian perpetual Augustus there assembled in the most holy church of the holy martyr Euphemia the most glorious officials, that is: (...)’
Text: Schwartz, ACO II.1.1, p. 55.
Translation: Price, Gaddis 2005, vol. 1, 122.
Session 3
2. κατὰ χάριν θεοῦ καὶ θεσπίσματος τῶν εὐσεβεστάτων βασιλέων συνόδου οίκουμενικῆς συγκροτηθείσης καὶ συνεδρευσάντων ἐν τῷ μαρτυρίῳ τῆς ἁγίας καὶ καλλινίκου μάρτυρος Εὐφημίας [....]
‘(...) 2. By the grace of God and by the decree of the most pious emperors an ecumenical council was convoked, and there assembled in the martyrium of the holy and victorious martyr Euphemia (...)’
Text: Schwartz, ACO II.1.2, p. 3 [199]
Translation: Price, Gaddis 2005, vol. 2, 38.
Session 8
21. Letter of the Council to Pope Leo I
[…] θεὸς γὰρ ἦν ὁ ἐνεργῶν καὶ ἡ τὸν σύλλογον τῷ νυμφῶνι στεφανοῦσα καλλίνικος Εὐφημία, ἣ ὥσπερ οἰκείαν ὁμολογίαν τῆς πίστεως παρ’ ἡμῶν δεξαμένη τὸν ὅρον τῷ ἑαυτῆς νυμφίῳ διὰ τοῦ εὐσεβεστάτου βασιλέως καὶ τῆς φιλοχρίστου βασιλίδος προσήγαγεν πᾶσαν μὲν τῶν ἀντικειμένων ταραχὴν κατευνάσασα, τὴν δὲ τῆς ἀληθείας ὡς φίλην ὁμολογίαν κρατύνασα καὶ χειρὶ καὶ γλώττῃ ταῖς πάντων ψήφοις ἐπισφραγίσασα πρὸς ἀπόδειξιν.
'For it was God who was at work, and the triumphant Euphemia who crowned our assembly with her bridal chamber [= the shrine]; she welcomed from us the definition as her own confession of the faith and presented it to her Bridegroom through the most pious emperor and Christ-loving empress; she thus quenched all the turmoil of the opposition, confirmed the confession of the truth as approved, and in proof she sealed it through everyone's vote by hand and tongue alike.'
Text: Schwartz, ACO II. 1. 3, p. [476] 117, lines 35-40. Translation: Efthymios Rizos.
History
Evidence ID
E05462Saint Name
Euphemia, martyr of Chalcedon : S00017Saint Name in Source
ΕὐφημίαRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Letters Canonical and legal textsLanguage
- Greek
Evidence not before
451Evidence not after
451Activity not before
451Activity not after
451Place of Evidence - Region
Constantinople and regionPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
ChalcedonPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Chalcedon Constantinople Κωνσταντινούπολις Konstantinoupolis Constantinopolis Constantinople IstanbulCult activities - Places
Cult building - independent (church)Cult activities - Activities Accompanying Cult
- Meetings and gatherings of the clergy
