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Chronicle of Edessa

Background and Biography
Background and Biography

Excerpts

An earthquake is not mentioned but a "fire in the sky" is in an English translation published in 1864
English from a publication in 1864

79. An. 813, a great fire appeared on the side of the north, which blazed all night on the twenty-second of Ab (August).

English from a publication in 1864 - embedded

  • see 79. starting with 79. An. 813, a great fire appeared on the side of the north
  • from tertullian.org


Chronology
Fire in the Sky
Year Reference Corrections Notes
night of 22 August 502 CE On the night of the 22nd of Ab in A.G. 813 none
  • A.G. 813 went from 1 Oct. 501 to 30 Sept. 502 CE (calculated using CHRONOS)
  • 22 Ab is 22 August
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