Late Antique Historiography

Account of the council of Nicaea

Title(s):
  • Account of the council of Nicaea
Author:
Period covered:
Council of Nicaea (325)
Language:
Greek
State of Preservation:
Fragmentary
Genre:
  • Collection
  • Ecclesiastical history
Remarks:
The work may be a fiction, by which the Anonymous of Cyzicus claims literary independence. He says that it was owned by Dalmatius of Cyzicus, before passing to his father, a presbyter of Cyzicus.
Edition - Translation:
Fragments:
  • Anonymous of Cyzicus, Ecclesiastical history pr. 1-8
  • Anonymous of Cyzicus, Ecclesiastical history 2.14-24, 2.31
Users:
Sources:
Bibliography:
  • G.C. Hansen (2002) Anonyme Kirchengeschichte (Gelasius Cyzicenus, CPG 6034) (Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller der ersten Jahrhunderte, NF 9). Berlin.