The Question of the Authorship of the "Historia Stephani protomartyris" ("BHO" 1093; "CANT" 302; "Clavis coptica" 0491): of the Authorship of the Historia Stephani protomartyris (BHO 1093; CANT 302; Clavis coptica 0491): Theodosius of Jerusalem, Abba Isaiah, the Monk Romanus and Peter the Iberian
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Alan Suciu [1]
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[1] Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Landkreis Göttingen, Alemania
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- Localización: Analecta Bollandiana: Revue critique d'hagiographie, ISSN 0003-2468, Vol. 134, Nº. 2, 2016, págs. 279-292
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
This article deals with a fragmentary Sahidic text conventionally called Historia Stephani Protomartyris (BHO 1093; CANT 302; clavis coptica 0491). The name of the author of this writing has disappeared in a lacuna in the only manuscript known until now. By examining the evidence, the author of this paper provides arguments that the Historia Stephani was very likely attributed to Theodosius, the anti-Chalcedonian bishop of Jerusalem between 451 and 453 CE. The article also identifies, for the first time, some papyrus fragments which belonged to a previously unknown copy of the same text. Finally, the author addresses the question of the date of the celebration of Stephen the Protomartyr in Egypt. Thus, the title of the Historia Stephani and other Sahidic sources suggest that Stephen's martyrdom was celebrated in Upper Egypt on Paope 26 (October 27), not on Tobe 1 (December 27), as the majority of the Byzantine and Egyptian calendars indicate.
