History of the Alexandrian episcopate

Title(s):
  • History of the Alexandrian episcopate
  • Alexandrian collection
  • Historica acephala
  • Historica ecclesiastica
    (Historica ecclesiastica, Ecclesiastical history)
Period covered:
1st c.-373 (death of Athanasius)
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Ecclesiastical history
  • Collection
Remarks:
The work is to be reconstructed from a number of sources: Sozomen, Theodoret (Van Nuffelen 2002), parts of the Codex Veronensis LX (58), including the Historia acephala (Martin and Albert 1985), a late life of Peter of Alexandria (BHL 6692-6693), a fragment of Timothy Aelurus (Camplani 2011), an Ethiopian life of Peter (Getatchew 1980), and an Ethiopian manuscript (Camplani and Bausi 2013, Bausi and Camplani 2016). There is debate as to the nature of the text: Van Nuffelen (2002) argues for a collection of documents, Camplani and Bausi (2013) consider it to be a Church history.
Edition - Translation:
  • M. Albert, A. Martin (1985) Histoire "acéphale" et index syriaque des lettres festales d'Athanase d'Alexandrie (Sources chrétiennes, 317). Paris.
  • A. Bausi, A. Camplani (2016) 'The history of the episcopate of Alexandria (HEpA): Editio minor of the fragments preserved in the Aksumite collection and in the Codex Veronensis LX (58)'. Adamantius 22: 249-302.
Fragments:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • A. Bausi, A. Camplani (2013) 'New Ethiopic documents for the history of Christian Egypt'. Zeitschrift für antikes Christentum 17: 195-227.
  • A. Berger, J. Fontaine, P.L. Schmidt (2020) Handbuch der Lateinischen Literatur. Sechster Band: Die Literatur im Zeitalter des Theodosius. Erster Teil: Fachprosa, Dichtung, Kunstprosa. Munich: 567-575
  • A. Camplani (2011) 'A Syriac fragment from the Liber Historiarum by Timothy Aelurus (CPG 5486), the Coptic Church History, and the archives of the bishopric of Alexandria'. In: Christianity in Egypt: Literary production and the intellectual trends in Late Antiquity, ed. P. Buzi - A. Camplani. Rome: 205-226.
  • H. Getatchew (1980) 'The martyrdom of St. Peter Archbishop of Alexandria (EMML 1763, ff. 79r-80v)'. Analecta Bollandiana 98: 85-92.
  • W. Telfer (1943) 'The Codex Verona LX (58)'. Harvard Theological Review 36: 169-246.
  • C.H. Turner (1899) Ecclesiae occidentalis monumenta iuris antiquissima. Volume One, Fascicle Two, Part Three. Oxford.
  • P. Van Nuffelen (2002) ' Laête de l'Histoire acéphale'. Klio 84: 125-140.