E05742: John Malalas in his Chronographia mentions that Pope Vigilius (537-555) sought sanctuary at the church of *Sergios (soldier and martyr of Syria, S00023) in the quarter of Hormisdas in Constantinople, until his relationship with the emperor Justinian was restored on 26 June 550. Written in Greek at Antioch (Syria) or Constantinople, in the mid-6th c.
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posted on 2018-06-15, 00:00 authored by erizosJohn Malalas, Chronographia, 18.111
Μηνὶ ἰουνίῳ κϛʹ, ἰνδικτιῶνι τῇ αὐτῇ, ἐδέχθη ὁ ἐπίσκοπος Ῥώμης Βιγίλιος ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως· ἦν γὰρ ἀγανακτηθεὶς καὶ προσφυγίῳ χρησάμενος εἰς τὸν ἅγιον Σέργιον τοῖς ἐπίκλην τῶν Ὁρμίσδου.
‘On 26th June in that indiction the bishop of Rome, Vigilius, was received by the emperor. He had incurred the emperor's anger and taken sanctuary at Saint Sergios' in the district known as Hormisdas.’
Text: Thurn 2000. Translation: Jeffreys, Jeffreys, and Scott 1986, modified.
Μηνὶ ἰουνίῳ κϛʹ, ἰνδικτιῶνι τῇ αὐτῇ, ἐδέχθη ὁ ἐπίσκοπος Ῥώμης Βιγίλιος ὑπὸ τοῦ βασιλέως· ἦν γὰρ ἀγανακτηθεὶς καὶ προσφυγίῳ χρησάμενος εἰς τὸν ἅγιον Σέργιον τοῖς ἐπίκλην τῶν Ὁρμίσδου.
‘On 26th June in that indiction the bishop of Rome, Vigilius, was received by the emperor. He had incurred the emperor's anger and taken sanctuary at Saint Sergios' in the district known as Hormisdas.’
Text: Thurn 2000. Translation: Jeffreys, Jeffreys, and Scott 1986, modified.
History
Evidence ID
E05742Saint Name
Sergios, soldier and martyr of Rusafa : S00023Saint Name in Source
ΣέργιοςRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories)Language
- Greek
