NOTES ON PALLADIUS

...and Diaconus Paul the Deacon (c. 720–799), a Benedictine monk and historian. in the Miscellaneous History, book 13, report the year as 1164 from the Founding of the City Latin: "ab V.C." (Ab Urbe Condita), the traditional system for dating years from the founding of Rome in 753 BC.. Cedrenus and Ado report it as 1160. The numbers in Godfrey of Viterbo’s Chronicle, Part 16, must be corrected: This second capture of the city of Rome, following Alaric's, was carried out by the violence of the Vandals in the year 1164 from the founding of the City. Today it is published as 1201. Cassiodorus A Roman statesman and writer (c. 485–585) who served under Theodoric the Great. says in his Chronicle that it occurred during the consulship of Flavius Vararus and Tertullus, whom the Fasti The Roman chronological lists of years and their presiding consuls. place in the year 1162.

"The blessed Salvia" original Greek: "τὴν μακαρίαν Σαλβίαν". The manuscript which is in the Library of the King of the French The Bibliothèque nationale de France. also calls her by this name. In the manuscript of Hervetus Gentian Hervet (1499–1584), a French theologian and translator., the name seems to have been "Silvania" original Greek: "Σιλβανίαν".

"Sister of Rufinus, the former Prefect" original Greek: "ἀδελφὴν δὲ Ῥυφίνου τοῦ ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων". We noted this above in the Life of Ammonius.

"To rest upon a warm cushion" original Greek: "θερμοτύλῳ ἐπαναπαύεσθαι". In the Royal Manuscript I mentioned, it is written as mermotylo original Greek: "μερμοτύλῳ".

"Benefiting not at all from a litter" original Greek: "οὐ λεκτικίῳ ὠφελοῦσε που". Regarding the word lectikion A term for a sedan chair or portable litter used by the wealthy in late antiquity., see our Glossary.

"The most venerable Olympias" original Greek: "ἡ σεμνοπρεπεστάτη Ὀλυμπιάς". Concerning her, see Nicephorus, book 13, chapter 24, and Sozomen, book 8, chapters 9 and 24. Several letters of John Chrysostom The Archbishop of Constantinople (c. 347–407), known for his eloquent preaching. to her are still extant. Gregory Nazianzen also writes about her in his letter to Anysius.

"She was the daughter, according to the flesh, of Seleucus, the former Count" original Greek: "θυγάτηρ γέγονε τὸ κατὰ σάρκα Σελεύκου τοῦ ἀπὸ κόμητος". The Greek Menologium A liturgical book of the Orthodox Church containing lives of the saints. for the eighth day before the Kalends of August July 25th. records her as the daughter of Anysius II, a Count.

"Granddaughter of Ablabius, the former Prefect" original Greek: "ἐκγόνη δὲ Ἀβλαβίου τοῦ ἀπὸ ἐπάρχων". Ammianus Ammianus Marcellinus, the 4th-century Roman historian., in book 20, mentions her not as the granddaughter of Ablabius, but...