Misdated Popes: a Mistake in the Chronology of Seventh-Century Bishops of Rome
The letter sent by Kyros of Alexandria to Sergios of Constantinople in 638 appears to contain a chronological contradiction: it implies that Sergios was aware before his death of the election of Severinus as the new bishop of Rome two months earlier. Given the travelling times in the seventh century...
| Published in: | The journal of ecclesiastical history |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2023
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The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Liber pontificalis
/ Cyrus, Alexandrinus -642
/ Sergius Constantinople, Patriarch ca. 610/638
/ Pontificate
/ Chronology
/ Error
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KCB Papacy |
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| Summary: | The letter sent by Kyros of Alexandria to Sergios of Constantinople in 638 appears to contain a chronological contradiction: it implies that Sergios was aware before his death of the election of Severinus as the new bishop of Rome two months earlier. Given the travelling times in the seventh century, this is impossible. The problem originates in a mistake made by Louis Duchesne when calculating the chronology of the popes for his edition of the Liber pontificalis: for the period 619-49, all his dates are one year too late. This change of the chronological framework affects the interpretation of a number of documents. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-7637 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of ecclesiastical history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S002204692200046X |