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Chronicle of Edessa

Also known as Edessene Chronicle

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  • founded or start. 6th centurylow · Wikidata P571

Short Syriac chronicle (mid-6th c.) recording events in Edessa including the flood of 201 and its church.

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The Chronicle of Edessa is an anonymous history of the city of Edessa written in the mid-6th century in the Syriac language. "Chronicle of Edessa" is a conventional title; in the manuscript it is titled Histories of Events in Brief.

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Chronicle of Edessa · DeChurched Atlas