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to make a union of the catholic church and to anathematize the three chapters, having been so honored by the emperor, that having been puffed up he gave a four-month excommunication to Menas, the bishop of Constantinople, as a penance. And Menas also gave the same penance to him. And the emperor, being angry at Vigilius because of the penance and because he was postponing the fulfillment of what had been decided concerning the union of the churches, sent to arrest him. But he, fearing the emperor's wrath, took refuge at the altar of Sergius the martyr in the monastery of Hormisdas. And being dragged from there, he seized the columns supporting the altar and overturned them, being heavy and large in body. But the emperor, having changed his mind, received Pope Vigilius. And Vigilius, having been entreated by Theodora the Augusta, received Menas, the patriarch of Constantinople, on the 29th of the month of June, of the holy apostles. In the same year, in the month of May, on the 11th, on the Saturday of holy Pentecost, when the birthday hippodrome games were being held, a fight between the two factions occurred. And the emperor sent the excubitors and sword-bearing sol226diers and they killed many of them, and many were drowned while fleeing. And others were also slaughtered, and there was great destruction. 21. 23. 10. 11. 3. 6. 3. In this year there were continuous earthquakes and great rains, likewise also in the month of February a great earthquake, so that all were in despair and in great fear and made supplication and prayed to God to be delivered from the impending threats. In the same year in the month of June, of the 11th indiction, the empress Theodora fell asleep piously. 22. 24. 11. 12. 4. 7. 4. In this year there were very fearsome thunders and lightnings, so that many sleeping were harmed by the lightning. And on the day of Saint John there were very fearsome thunders and lightnings, so that part of the column of Xerolophos and the carved capital of the same column were stripped off. In the month of July there was a clash between both factions, and the house called of Pardos was set on fire; and many things were burned, that is from the bronze tetrapylon as far as what is called Eleusias. And many murders occurred. And when a processio was held at the Hebdomon the vestitores lost the emperor's crown, which was found after 8 months. wherein also one pearl and all the rest of its jewels were saved and found. Years of the world 6042. Years of the divine incarnation 542. Emperor of the Romans, Justinian, 38 years. 23. Emperor of the Persians, Chosroes, 48 years. 25. Bishop of Rome, Vigilius, 18 years. 12. Bishop of Const., Menas, 16 years. 13. Bishop of Jerusalem, Peter, 20 years. 5. Bishop of Alexandria, Apolinarius, 19 years. 1. Bishop of Antioch, Domnus, 14 years. 5. In this year in the month of October on the 13th, when the hippodrome games were held, an ambas227sador of the Indians came to Constantinople bringing an elephant; and it entered into the hippodrome. In the month of January the name of Menas, patriarch of Constantinople, was removed, and the name of Vigilius was promoted, being placed first in the diptychs. In the month of March the elephant escaped from its stable at night and killed many and maimed others. In the month of April on the 16th, there was a clash between the demes in the evening, while the hippodrome games were being held; and many died from both factions; and they entered workshops and plundered whatever they found, when the prefect was John, surnamed Kokkorobios. In the month of June on the 28th, the third day, the consecration of the Holy Apostles took place and the deposition of the holy relics of Andrew, Luke, and Timothy, the apostles. And Bishop Menas passed by with the holy relics sitting in a golden, bejeweled imperial chariot holding the three reliquaries of the holy apostles on his knees; and thus he performed the consecration. 24. 26. 13. 14. 6. 2. 6. In this year in the month of April,

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