Nicephorus of Constantinople, Brief Chronography

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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. Gaius, 3 years. 24. Julian, 4 years. 25. Elias, 2 years. 20. Capito, 4 years. 27. Maximus, 4 years. 28. Antoninus, 5 years. 29. Valens, 3 years. 30. Dolichianus, 2 years. 125 31. Narcissus, 4 years. 32. Dius, 8 years. 33. Germanion, 4 years. 34. Gordias, 5 years. 35. Narcissus the second, martyr, 10 years. 30. Alexander, martyr, 15 years. 37. Mazabanes, 21 years. 38. Hymenaeus, 23 years. 39. Zabdas, 10 years. 40. Hermon, 9 years. Up to these, the emperors from the Greeks and the persecutions by them. And the bishops after the emperors became Christian. 41. Macarius, who was at the first council, 20 years. 42. Maximus, .. years. 43. Cyril, who was cast out by the Arians; and in his place there were three: Arsenius, Heraclius, and Hilary; and being recalled again under Gratian, he was found at the 2nd council in Constantinople; in all, 62 years. 44. John, 10 years. 45. Praulius, 20 years. 40. Juvenal, who was at the two councils of Ephesus and at Chalcedon, 38 years. 126 47. Theodosius, who was cast out by Marcian; and again Juvenal. 48. Anastasius, 18 years. 49. Martyrius, 8 years. 50. Sallustius, under whom the bishop of Rome separated because of the Henoticon of Zeno, 8 years. 51. Elias, who was cast out by the emperor Anastasius, 23 years. 52. John, 11 years. 53. Peter, under the emperor Justinian, 20 years. 54. Macarius, who was cast out, 2 years. 55. Eustochius, 1 year. 50. Macarius, again, 4 years. 57. John, 2[2] years. 58. Amos, 8 years. 59. Isacius, 8 years. 60. Zacharias, before the captivity, 22 years. 61. Modestus, 1 year. 62. Sophronius. And the bishops in Alexandria from Christ and the apostles. 1. Mark the evangelist, 2 years. 2. Annianus, 22 years. 3. Abilius, 12 years. 4. Cerdon, 10 years. 127 5. Primus, 12 years. ... Justus, 10 years. 7. Eumenes, 10 years. 8. Marcian, 13 years. 9. Celadion, 10 years. 10. Agrippinus, 14 years. 11. Julian, 15 years. 12. Demetrius, 10 years. 13. Heraclas, 43 years. 14. Dionysius, who was exiled under the emperor Valerian, 17 years. 15. Maximian, 8 years. 10. Theonas, 19 years. 17. Peter the martyr, 11 years. Up to these, the emperors from the Greeks and the persecutors. And those who were bishops after Constantine the Great [are these]. 18. Achillas, 1 year. 19. Alexander, who was also at the first council, 23 years. 20. Athanasius, who was often exiled by the Arians. In his place was Gregory, an Arian. 21. Athanasius again, a second time; when he was exiled again by Constantius, George of Cappadocia, an Arian. 128 22. Athanasius, a third time, and likewise a fourth time he was bishop; in all, 40 years. 23. Peter, who was exiled by Valens, 1 year. 24. Lucius, an Arian, 5 years. Peter, a second time, 1 year. 25. Timothy, who was at the 2nd council, 8 years. 20. Theophilus, 28 years. 27. Cyril, who was at the first council of Ephesus against Nestorius the impious, 32 years. 28. Dioscorus, who was at the Robber council, the second of Ephesus, 5 years, and was deposed by the fourth council at Chalcedon. 29. Proterius, orthodox, who was slain in the divine font, .. years. 30. Timothy Aelurus, 2 years. 31. Timothy the White, 15 years. ............... ............... 32. Peter Mongus, 1 year. 33. John, who was cast out, 3 years. Peter the second, .. years. 34. Athanasius, a heretic, 7 years. 129 35. John, 9 years. 30. John, another, 11 years. 37. Dioscorus, 3 years. 38. Timothy, under the emperor Justinian, 17 years. 39. Gaianus, 1 year. 40. Theodosius, 2 years. 41. Paul, 2 years. 42. Zoilus, 7 years. 43. Apollinarius, 19 years. 44. John, 11 years. 45. Eulogius, 27 years. 40. Theodore the Scribe, 2 years. 47. John the Cypriot, also the Merciful, 10 years. 48. George, 14 years. 49. Cyrus, 10 years. 50. Peter, 10 years. And those who were bishops in Antioch from Christ and the apostles. 1. Peter the apostle, 11 years. 2. Euodius, 2[3] years. 3. Ignatius the God-bearer, who also was martyred under Trajan, 4 years. 4. Heron, 20 years. 5. Cornelius, 13 years. ... Eros, 20 years. 130 7. Theophilus, 13 years. 8. Maximian, 13 years. 9. Serapion, 25 years. 10. Asclepiades, 9 years. 11. Philetus, 8 years. 12. Zebinus, .. years. 13. Babylas, who was martyred under Decius, 13 years. 14. Fabius, 9 years. 15.

Μάρκος ἔτη ηʹ. ιζʹ Κασσιανὸς ἔτη εʹ. ιηʹ Πούπλιος ἔτη εʹ. ιθʹ Μάξιμος ἔτη δʹ. κʹ Ἰουλιανὸς ἔτη βʹ. καʹ Γαϊανὸς ἔτη γʹ. κβʹ Σύμμαχος ἔτη βʹ. κγʹ Γάϊος ἔτη γʹ. κδʹ Ἰουλιανὸς ἔτη δʹ. κεʹ Ἡλίας ἔτη βʹ. κʹ Καπίτων ἔτη δʹ. κζʹ Μάξιμος ἔτη δʹ. κηʹ Ἀντωνῖνος ἔτη εʹ. κθʹ Οὐάλης ἔτη γʹ. λʹ ∆ουλιχιανὸς ἔτη βʹ. 125 λαʹ Νάρκισσος ἔτη δʹ. λβʹ ∆ῖος ἔτη η. λγʹ Σερμανίων ἔτη δʹ. λδʹ Γορδίας ἔτη εʹ. λεʹ Νάρκισσος ὁ δεύτερος μάρτυς ἔτη ιʹ. λʹ Ἀλέξανδρος μάρτυς ἔτη ιεʹ. λζʹ Μαζαβάνης ἔτη καʹ. ληʹ Ὑμέναιος ἔτη κγʹ. λθʹ Ζάβδας ἔτη ιʹ. μʹ Ἑρμὼν ἔτη θʹ. Μέχρι τούτων οἱ ἐκ τῶν Ἑλλήνων βασιλεῖς καὶ οἱ παρ' αὐτῶν διωγμοί. Καὶ ὅσοι ἐπίσκοποι μετὰ τὸ χριστιανῆσαι τοὺς βασιλεῖς. μαʹ Μακάριος ὁ ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ συνόδῳ ἔτη κʹ. μβʹ Μάξιμος ἔτη ʹ. μγʹ Κύριλλος ὁ ἐξωσθεὶς ὑπὸ Ἀρειανῶν· ἀντ' αὐτοῦ δὲ γεγόνασι τρεῖς· Ἀρσένιος, Ἡράκλειος καὶ Ἱλάριος· καὶ πάλιν ἀνακληθεὶς ἐπὶ Γρατιανοῦ ἐν τῇ βʹ συνόδῳ εὑρέθη ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει· ὁμοῦ ἔτη ξβʹ. μδʹ Ἰωάννης ἔτη ιʹ. μεʹ Πραΰλιος ἔτη κʹ. μʹ Ἰουβενάλιος ὁ ἐν ταῖς δυσὶ συνόδοις Ἐφέσου καὶ ἐν Χαλκηδόνι, ἔτη ληʹ. 126 μζʹ Θεοδόσιος ὁ ἐκβληθεὶς ὑπὸ Μαρκιανοῦ· καὶ πάλιν Ἰουβενάλιος. μηʹ Ἀναστάσιος ἔτη ιηʹ. μθʹ Μαρτύριος ἔτη ηʹ. νʹ Σαλούστιος, ἐφ' οὗ ἀπέσχισεν ὁ Ῥώμης ἐπίσκοπος διὰ τὸ ἑνωτικὸν Ζήνωνος ἔτη ηʹ. ναʹ Ἡλίας ὁ ἐκβληθεὶς ὑπὸ Ἀναστασίου βασιλέως ἔτη κγʹ. νβʹ Ἰωάννης ἔτη ιαʹ. νγʹ Πέτρος ἐπὶ Ἰουστινιανοῦ βασιλέως ἔτη κʹ. νδʹ Μακάριος ὁ ἐκβληθεὶς ἔτη βʹ. νεʹ Εὐστόχιος ἔτος αʹ. νʹ Μακάριος πάλιν ἔτη δʹ. νζʹ Ἰωάννης ἔτη κ[βʹ]. νηʹ Ἀμὼς ἔτη ηʹ. νθʹ Ἰσάκιος ἔτη ηʹ. ξʹ Ζαχαρίας πρὸ τῆς αἰχμαλωσίας ἔτη κβʹ. ξαʹ Μώδεστος ἔτος αʹ. ξβʹ Σωφρόνιος. Καὶ ὅσοι ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ ἐπίσκοποι ἀπὸ Χριστοῦ καὶ τῶν ἀποστόλων. αʹ Μάρκος ὁ εὐαγγελιστὴς ἔτη βʹ. βʹ Ἀννιανὸς ἔτη κβʹ. γʹ Αἰβίλιος ἔτη ιβʹ. δʹ Κέρδων ἔτη ιʹ. 127 εʹ Πρῖμος ἔτη ιβʹ. ʹ Ἰουστῖνος ἔτη ιʹ. ζʹ Εὐμενὴς ἔτη ιʹ. ηʹ Μαρκιανὸς ἔτη ιγʹ. θʹ Κελαδίων ἔτη ιʹ. ιʹ Ἀγριππῖνος ἔτη ιδʹ. ιαʹ Ἰουλιανὸς ἔτη ιεʹ. ιβʹ ∆ημήτριος ἔτη ιʹ. ιγʹ Ἡρακλᾶς ἔτη μγʹ. ιδʹ ∆ιονύσιος ὁ ἐπὶ Βαλλεριανοῦ βασιλέως ἐξορισθεὶς ἔτη ιζʹ. ιεʹ Μαξιμιανὸς ἔτη ηʹ. ιʹ Θεωνᾶς ἔτη ιθʹ. ιζʹ Πέτρος ὁ μάρτυς ἔτη ιαʹ. Μέχρι τούτων οἱ ἐκ τῶν Ἑλλήνων βασιλεῖς καὶ διῶκται. Καὶ ὅσοι μετὰ τὸν μέγαν Κονσταντῖνον ἐπεσκόπησαν [εἰσὶν οὗτοι]. ιηʹ Ἀχιλλᾶς ἔτος αʹ. ιθʹ Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ καὶ ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ συνόδῳ ἔτη κγʹ. κʹ Ἀθανάσιος ὁ πολλάκις ἐξορισθεὶς ὑπὸ Ἀρειανῶν. ἀνθ' οὗ γέγονε Γρηγόριος Ἀρειανός. καʹ Ἀθανάσιος πάλιν τὸ δεύτερον· τούτου ἐξορισθέντος ὑπὸ Κωνσταντίου πάλιν, Γεώργιος Καππαδόκης Ἀρειανός. 128 κβʹ Ἀθανάσιος τὸ τρίτον ὁμοίως καὶ τὸ τέταρτον ἐπεσκόπησεν· ὁμοῦ τὰ πάντα ἔτη μʹ. κγʹ Πέτρος ὁ ἐξορισθεὶς ὑπὸ Οὐάλεντος ἔτος αʹ. κδʹ Λούκιος Ἀρειανὸς ἔτη εʹ. Πέτρος τὸ δεύτερον ἔτος αʹ. κεʹ Τιμόθεος ὁ ἐν τῇ βʹ συνόδῳ ἔτη ηʹ. κʹ Θεόφιλος ἔτη κηʹ. κζʹ Κύριλλος ὁ ἐν τῇ Ἐφέσου τὸ πρότερον συνόδῳ κατὰ Νεστορίου τοῦ ἀσεβοῦς, ἔτη λβʹ. κηʹ ∆ιόσκορος ὁ ἐν τῇ λῃστρικῇ συνόδῳ τὸ δεύτερον Ἐφέσου ἔτη εʹ, καὶ καθῃρέθη ὑπὸ τῆς τετάρτης ἐν Χαλκηδόνι συνόδου. κθʹ Προτέριος ὀρθόδοξος, ὁ ἐν τῇ θείᾳ κολυμβήθρᾳ σφαγείς, ἔτη ʹ. λʹ Τιμόθεος ὁ Ἐλοῦρος ἔτη βʹ. λαʹ Τιμόθεος ὁ Λευκὸς ἔτη ιεʹ. ............... ............... λβʹ Πέτρος ὁ Μογγὸς ἔτος αʹ. λγʹ Ἰωάννης ὁ ἐκβληθεὶς ἔτη γʹ. Πέτρος τὸ δεύτερον ἔτη ʹ. λδʹ Ἀθανάσιος αἱρετικὸς ἔτη ζʹ. 129 λεʹ Ἰωάννης ἔτη θʹ. λʹ Ἰωάννης ἄλλος ἔτη ιαʹ. λζʹ ∆ιόσκορος ἔτη γʹ. ληʹ Τιμόθεος ὁ ἐπὶ Ἰουστινιανοῦ τοῦ βασιλέως ἔτη ιζʹ. λθʹ Γαϊανὸς ἔτος αʹ. μʹ Θεοδόσιος ἔτη βʹ. μαʹ Παῦλος ἔτη βʹ. μβʹ Ζωῗλος ἔτη ζʹ. μγʹ Ἀπολινάριος ἔτη ιθʹ. μδʹ Ἰωάννης ἔτη ιαʹ. μεʹ Εὐλόγιος ἔτη κζʹ. μʹ Θεόδωρος ὁ Σκρίβων ἔτη βʹ. μζʹ Ἰωάννης ὁ Κύπριος ὁ καὶ Ἐλεήμων ἔτη ιʹ. μηʹ Γεώργιος ἔτη ιδʹ. μθʹ Κῦρος ἔτη ιʹ. νʹ Πέτρος ἔτη ιʹ. Καὶ ὅσοι ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ ἐπεσκόπησαν ἀπὸ Χριστοῦ καὶ τῶν ἀποστόλων. αʹ Πέτρος ὁ ἀπόστολος ἔτη ιαʹ. βʹ Εὐόδιος ἔτη κ[γʹ]. γʹ Ἰγνάτιος ὁ θεοφόρος, ὁ καὶ ἐπὶ Τραϊανοῦ μαρτυρήσας, ἔτη δʹ. δʹ Ἥρων ἔτη κʹ. εʹ Κορνήλιος ἔτη ιγʹ. ʹ Ἔρως ἔτη κʹ. 130 ζʹ Θεόφιλος ἔτη ιγʹ. ηʹ Μαξιμιανὸς ἔτη ιγʹ. θʹ Σεραπίων ἔτη κεʹ. ιʹ Ἀσκληπιάδης ἔτη θʹ. ιαʹ Φιλητὸς ἔτη ηʹ. ιβʹ Ζεβῖνος ἔτη ʹ. ιγʹ Βαβυλᾶς ὁ ἐπὶ ∆εκίου μαρτυρήσας ἔτη ιγʹ. ιδʹ Φάβιος ἔτη θʹ. ιεʹ