The Novatian "Indifferent Canon" and Pascha in Alexandria in 414: Hypatia’s Murder Case Reopened

In an earlier paper I suggested that the murder of the Alexandrian philosopher Hypatia by a clique of Bishop Cyril’s zealots resulted from her involvement in the conflict between the Roman and Alexandrian Churches regarding the date of Easter in the year 417. The murder would have been committed in...

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Main Author: Belenkiy, Ari (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2016
In: Vigiliae Christianae
Year: 2016, Volume: 70, Issue: 4, Pages: 373-400
IxTheo Classification:BH Judaism
CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
CF Christianity and Science
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
RB Church office; congregation
Further subjects:B Hypatia of Alexandria Bishop Cyril Novatian Church presbyter Sabbatius Easter Passover vernal equinox equatorial ring expulsion of Jews from Alexandria Alexandrian calendar Jewish calendar
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Summary:In an earlier paper I suggested that the murder of the Alexandrian philosopher Hypatia by a clique of Bishop Cyril’s zealots resulted from her involvement in the conflict between the Roman and Alexandrian Churches regarding the date of Easter in the year 417. The murder would have been committed in March 416 after she had performed controversial astronomical observations that supported the Roman date over the Alexandrian one.
ISSN:1570-0720
Contains:In: Vigiliae Christianae
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700720-12341264