city
Eboracum / York (Bishop Eborius, Arles 314)
York, United Kingdom · Britain & Ireland
53.958, -1.082
Attested. Attested by the Arles 314 list.
Eborius, bishop of York, signed the acts of the Council of Arles in 314. York was a military capital where Constantine was proclaimed emperor in 306. It later became an archbishopric in Anglo-Saxon times.
Added from later research
event · 306-07-25
Constantine acclaimed emperor at York
Constantius I died at Eboracum (York) on 25 July 306, and the army there proclaimed his son Constantine emperor. Constantine later became the first Christian emperor. Eusebius's Life of Constantine (I.21-22) describes the death of Constantius and Constantine's succession.
attested. The acclamation at York is attested by contemporary and near-contemporary sources. Eusebius's account is a panegyric.
Source stance: insider. Church council record.
People and groups named here
- Eborius, bishop of York
- Constantine I (proclaimed at York, 306)
- Constantine I
- Constantius I
Related places
Named with the bishops at the council of Arles in 314.
Sources
- Eborius (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Synod of Arles (314) (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Pleiades place 89175: Eburacum
Pleiades Gazetteer (ISAW, NYU). Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Eusebius, Life of Constantine, Book I (death of Constantius, Constantine's accession)
tr. E. C. Richardson, NPNF2 vol. 1 (1890), public domain; New Advent. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Constantine the Great (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
Further reading
Councils here
None in this list.