Nicephorus of Constantinople, Brief Chronography

Marcian and Valentinian, 29 years. In whose reign the fourth holy council of the 630 holy fathers took place in Chalcedon. Leo the Great, 10 years. Le

until the end of Abraham, 70 years. In total, 3268 years. From Abraham until the exodus of the sons of Israel, 430 years. From the exodus until the bu

he wrought murders in the house of Ahab, but that his descendants would hold the kingdom of Israel until the fourth generation, for 4 months. 15th Sha

Christ, having been revealed, began the preaching and the signs. But Gratus the Roman, having deposed Annas, appointed another, Ishmael. 41st, Eleazar

of the king, ιʹ years. κδʹ Alexander lived ηʹ years and was bishop κγʹ years. κεʹ Paul the Confessor, γʹ years. cast out by Constantius. κʹ Eusebius,

10 months. 68. Paul, from the laity, an asekretis, 6 years, 8 months. 69. Kallinikos, presbyter and skeuophylax of Blachernae, 12 years. was blinded b

Mark, 8 years. 17. Cassian, 5 years. 18. Publius, 5 years. 19. Maximus, 4 years. 20. Julian, 2 years. 21. Gaianus, 3 years. 22. Symmachus, 2 years. 23

Demetrianus, 4 years. 10. Paul of Samosata, 8 years. 17. Domnus, 2 years. 18. Timaeus, 10 years. 19. Cyrillus, 15 years. 20. Tyrannus, 13 years. Up to

of the apostles, 6 lines. of Clement, 32, 2600 lines. 7. of Ignatius, Polycarp, the Shepherd and Hermas.

Christ, having been revealed, began the preaching and the signs. But Gratus the Roman, having deposed Annas, appointed another, Ishmael. 41st, Eleazar son of Annas. 42nd, Simon. Caiaphas, also called Joseph, son-in-law of Annas. And for only one year the high priests were made by those ruling the nation under the Romans, as if the high priesthood had become theirs. Caiaphas therefore became high priest for the year in which the passion of Christ occurred. And Vitellius, general of the Romans, removed him. 43rd, Jonathan of Annas. 44th, Theophilus his brother. 45th, Simon. 46th, Jonathan son of Annas, a second time. 47th, Jonathan of Ailioneon, also called Josephus. 48th, Ananias, whom Codratus sent as a prisoner to Rome. 49th, Ishmael. 50th, Josephus, appointed by Nero. 51st, Ananias, who put to death James the brother of the Lord, to whom Paul said, "God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall." And the second Agrippa removed him. And in the siege of Jerusalem he was killed by his own countrymen. 112 52nd, Jesus the son of Damnaeus. 53rd, Jesus the son of Gamaliel. 54th, Matthias, in whose time the war by the Romans began. 55th, Phinehas, who was present, being appointed while the city of Jerusalem was besieged by the Romans; in whose time Titus took the city and burned the temple. [In total 55.] Years of the episcopate of Constantinople, that is, a record of those who taught in it. Andrew the apostle. Stachys in Argyropolis for 10 years. Onesimus for 14 years. Polycarp for 18 years. Plutarch for 10 years. Sedekion for 9 years. Diogenes for 15 years. Eleutherius for 7 years. 113x1 Felix for 5 years. Polycarp for 17 years. Athenodorus for 4 years. Euzoius for ... years. Laurentius for 11 years ... months. Olympius for 3 years ... months. Pertinax for 19 years. Olympianus for 11 years. Marcus for 13 years. Cyrillianus for 10 years. Castinus for 7 years. Titus for 30 years ... months. 114x1 Dometius the brother of Probus the emperor for 24 years ... months. Probus the son of Dometius for 12 years. Years of the patriarchs of Constantinople. Metrophanes, the brother of Probus, the son of Dometius, first patriarch of Constantinople, for 10 years. Alexander, the second, for 23 years. Paul the confessor, the 3rd, for 10 years, and was expelled. Eusebius of Nicomedia for 12 years, an Arian. 115x1 Paul the confessor, after the death of Eusebius, is again installed and immediately is expelled. Macedonius the Pneumatomachian for 10 years and was expelled. Eudoxius, previously transferred from Germanicia to Antioch, for 8 years. Demophilus for 12 years, 5 months. Evagrius, having been ordained by Eustathius of Antioch, was immediately sent into exile. Gregory the Theologian presided over the church of Constantinople for 12 years. Nectarius for 10 years, 3 months. 112x2 And all the bishops in Byzantium from Christ and the apostles. 1st, Andrew the apostle, having preached the word in Byzantium, having built a house of prayer across in Argyropolis, ordains Stachys bishop of the same city, whom the apostle mentions in the epistle to the Romans. 2nd, the same Stachys for 10 years. 3rd, Onesimus for 14 years. 4th, Polycarp for 18 years. 5th, Plutarch for 10 years. 6th, Sedekion for 9 years. 7th, Diogenes for 15 years. 8th, Eleutherius for 7 years. 113x2 9th, Felix for 5 years. 10th, Polycarp for 17 years. 11th, Athenodorus for 4 years. He, having built another house in a location called Elaea, held the assemblies there. 12th, Euzoius for 10 years. 13th, Laurentius for 11 years ... months. 14th, Alypius for 13 years ... months. 15th, Pertinax, a consul of the senate in Rome, for 19 years. He raises up another church in a seaside place called Sycae, having named the house "Peace." 16th, Olympianus for 11 years. 17th, Marcus for 13 years. 18th, Cyriacus for 10 years. 19th, Castinus for 7 years. He, in Byzantium in the place called Petrion, raised a house of prayer of Saint Euphemia, who was martyred then. 20th, Titus for 35 years ... months. 114x2 21st, Dometius the brother of Probus the emperor for 24 years ... months. 22nd, Probus son of the same Dometius for 12 years. All these were bishops in Byzantium before the accession of Constantine the Great. And when he arrived in Byzantium for the war against Licinius, he found Metrophanes as bishop. 23rd, Metrophanes son of the aforementioned Dometius, and brother of Probus, and nephew of Probus the

Χριστὸς φανερωθεὶς ἤρξατο τοῦ κηρύγματος καὶ τῶν σημείων. Τὸν δὲ Ἄνανον Γρᾶτος ὁ Ῥωμαῖος παύσας κατέστησεν ἄλλον Ἰσμάηλον. μαʹ Ἐλεάζαρ υἱὸς Ἀνάνου. μβʹ Σίμων. Καϊάφας, ὁ καὶ Ἰωσήφ, γαμβρὸς τοῦ Ἀνάνου. Ἐπὶ ἐνιαυτὸν δὲ ἕνα μόνον οἵ τε ἀρχιερεῖς ἐγένοντο παρὰ τῶν ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίοις κρατούντων τοῦ ἔθνους, ὡς παρ' αὐτοῖς γενομένης τῆς ἀρχιερωσύνης. Ὁ τοίνυν Καϊάφας ἀρχιερεὺς τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ γέγονεν, ἐν ᾧ τὸ πάθος τοῦ Χριστοῦ. τοῦτον δὲ μεθιστᾷ Βιτέλλιος στρατηλάτης Ῥωμαίων. μγʹ Ἰωνάθης Ἀνάνου. μδʹ Θεόφιλος ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ. μεʹ Σίμων. μʹ Ἰωνάθαν υἱὸς Ἀνάνου τὸ δεύτερον. μζʹ Ἰωνάθης Αἰλιονέων, ὁ καὶ Ἰώσηππος. μηʹ Ἀνανίας ὃν δέσμιον Κοδράτος εἰς Ῥώμην ἔπεμψεν. μθʹ Ἰσμάηλος. νʹ Ἰώσηππος ὑπὸ Νέρωνος κατασταθείς. ναʹ Ἀνανίας ὁ ἀνελὼν Ἰάκωβον τὸν ἀδελφὸν τοῦ κυρίου, ᾧ Παῦλος εἶπε, "τύπτειν σε μέλλει ὁ θεός, τοῖχε κεκονιαμένε". τοῦτον δὲ ὁ δεύτερος Ἀγρίππας μετέστησεν. ἐν δὲ τῇ πολιορκίᾳ τῆς Ἱερουσαλὴμ ἀνῃρέθη ὑπὸ τῶν ὁμοεθνῶν. 112 νβʹ Ἰησοῦς ὁ τοῦ ∆αμναίου. νγʹ Ἰησοῦς ὁ τοῦ Γαμαλιήλ. νδʹ Ματθίας, ἐφ' οὗ ὁ ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων πόλεμος ἤρχθη. νεʹ Φινεές, ὁ πολιορκουμένης τῆς πόλεως Ἱερουσαλὴμ ὑπὸ Ῥωμαίων προβληθεὶς παρών· ἐφ' οὗ Τίτος ἑλὼν τὴν πόλιν καὶ τὸν ναὸν ἐνέπρησεν. [Ὁμοῦ νεʹ.] Ἔτη τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, ἤτοι γνῶσις τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ διδαξάντων. Ἀνδρέας ὁ ἀπόστολος. Στάχυς ἐν Ἀργυροπόλει ἔτη ιʹ. Ὀνήσιμος ἔτη ιδʹ. Πολύκαρπος ἔτη ιηʹ. Πλούταρχος ἔτη ιʹ. Σεδεκίων ἔτη θʹ. ∆ιογένης ἔτη ιεʹ. Ἐλευθέριος ἔτη ζʹ. 113ξ1 Φίλιξ ἔτη εʹ. Πολύκαρπος ἔτη ιζʹ. Ἀθηνόδωρος ἔτη δʹ. Εὐζώϊος ἔτη ʹ. Λαυρέντιος ἔτη ιαʹ μῆνας ʹ. Ὀλύμπιος ἔτη γʹ μῆνας ʹ. Περτίναξ ἔτη ιθʹ. Ὀλυμπιανὸς ἔτη ιαʹ. Μάρκος ἔτη ιγʹ. Κυριλλιανὸς ἔτη ιʹ. Καστῖνος ἔτη ζʹ. Τίτος ἔτη λʹ μῆνας ʹ. 114ξ1 ∆ομέτιος ὁ ἀδελφὸς Πρόβου τοῦ βασιλέως ἔτη κδʹ μῆνας ʹ. Πρόβος ὁ ∆ομετίου υἱὸς ἔτη ιβʹ. Ἔτη πατριαρχῶν Κωνσταντινουπόλεως. Μητροφάνης, ὁ ἀδελφὸς Πρόβου, ὁ ∆ομετίου υἱὸς πρῶτος πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ἔτη ιʹ. Ἀλέξανδρος δεύτερος ἔτη κγʹ. Παῦλος ὁ ὁμολογητὴς γʹ. ἔτη ιʹ. καὶ ἐξεβλήθη. Εὐσέβιος ὁ Νικομηδείας ἔτη ιβʹ. ἀρειανός. 115ξ1 Παῦλος ὁ ὁμολογητὴς μετὰ θάνατον Εὐσεβίου πάλιν ἐγκαθίδρυται καὶ παραχρῆμα ἐκβέβληται. Μακεδόνιος ὁ πνευματομάχος ἔτη ιʹ καὶ ἐξεβλήθη. Εὐδόξιος πρότερον μετατεθεὶς ἐκ Γερμανικείας εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν ἔτη ηʹ. ∆ημόφιλος ἔτη ιβʹ μῆνας εʹ. Εὐάγριος ὑπὸ Εὐσταθίου Ἀντιοχείας χειροτονηθεὶς εὐθέως εἰς ἐξορίαν ἐπέμφθη. Γρηγόριος ὁ Θεολόγος προέστη τῆς ἐκκλησίας Κωνσταντινουπόλεως ἔτη ιβʹ. Νεκτάριος ἔτη ιʹ μῆνας γʹ. 112ξ2 Καὶ ὅσοι ἐπίσκοποι ἐν Βυζαντίῳ ἀπὸ Χριστοῦ καὶ τῶν ἀποστόλων. αʹ Ἀνδρέας ὁ ἀπόστολος ἐν Βυζαντίῳ τὸν λόγον κηρύξας, εὐκτήριον οἶκον πέραν ἐν Ἀργυροπόλει δειμάμενος, χειροτονεῖ ἐπίσκοπον τῆς αὐτῆς πόλεως Στάχυν, οὗ μέμνηται ὁ ἀπόστολος ἐν τῇ πρὸς Ῥωμαίους ἐπιστολῇ. βʹ Στάχυς ὁ αὐτὸς ἔτη ιʹ. γʹ Ὀνήσιμος ἔτη ιδʹ. δʹ Πολύκαρπος ἔτη ιηʹ. εʹ Πλούταρχος ἔτη ιʹ. ʹ Σεδεκίων ἔτη θʹ. ζʹ ∆ιογένης ἔτη ιεʹ. ηʹ Ἐλευθέριος ἔτη ζʹ. 113ξ2 θʹ Φίλιξ ἔτη εʹ. ιʹ Πολύκαρπος ἔτη ιζʹ. ιαʹ Ἀθηνόδωρος ἔτη δʹ. Οὗτος ἕτερον οἶκον κτίσας ἐν τοποθεσίᾳ ἐπιλεγομένῃ Ἐλαίᾳ ἐκεῖ τὰς συνάξεις ἐποιεῖτο. ιβʹ Εὐζώϊος ἔτη ιʹ. ιγʹ Λαυρέντιος ἔτη ιαʹ μῆνας ʹ. ιδʹ Ἀλύπιος ἔτη ιγʹ μῆνας ʹ. ιεʹ Περτίναξ ὑπατικὸς τῆς ἐν Ῥώμῃ συγκλήτου ἔτη ιθʹ. Οὗτος ἑτέραν ἐκκλησίαν ἀνίστησιν ἐν παραθαλασσίῳ ἐπιλεγομένῳ Συκαῖς, Εἰρήνην τὸν οἶκον προσαγορεύσας. ιʹ Ὀλυμπιανὸς ἔτη ιαʹ. ιζʹ Μάρκος ἔτη ιγʹ. ιηʹ Κυριακὸς ἔτη ιʹ. ιθʹ Καστῖνος ἔτη ζʹ. Οὗτος ἐν Βυζαντίῳ ἐν τῷ ἐπιλεγομένῳ Πετρίῳ εὐκτήριον τῆς ἁγίας Εὐφημίας ἤγειρε τότε μαρτυρησάσης. κʹ Τίτος ἔτη λεʹ μῆνας ʹ. 114ξ2 καʹ ∆ομέτιος ὁ ἀδελφὸς Πρόβου τοῦ βασιλέως ἔτη κδʹ μῆνας ʹ. κβʹ Πρόβος υἱὸς τοῦ αὐτοῦ ∆ομετίου ἔτη ιβʹ. Οὗτοι πάντες ἐπίσκοποι πρὸ τῆς τοῦ μεγάλου Κωνσταντίνου ἀναδείξεως ἐν τῷ Βυζαντίῳ. Αὐτοῦ δὲ παραγενομένου ἐν τῷ Βυζαντίῳ διὰ τὸν πρὸς Λικίνιον πόλεμον εὗρεν ἐπίσκοπον Μητροφάνην. κγʹ Μητροφάνης υἱὸς τοῦ προγεγραμμένου ∆ομετίου ἀδελφὸς δὲ Πρόβου καὶ ἀδελφόπαις Πρόβου τοῦ