John of Nikiû
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John of Nikiû was a Coptic bishop of Nikiû/Pashati in the Egyptian Delta and appointed general administrator of the monsteries of Upper Egypt in 696. He was author of a Chronicle extending from Adam to the end of the Arabic conquest of Egypt which contains important historical details otherwise unknown. Christ - Coptic Art Coptic Orthodox Christianity is the indigenous form of Christianity that, according to tradition, the apostle Mark established in Egypt in the middle of the 1st century AD (approximately AD 60). ... The Arab Republic of Egypt, commonly known as Egypt, (in Arabic: مصر, romanized Miṣr or Maṣr, in Egyptian dialect) is a republic mostly located in north-eastern Africa. ... Events Births Deaths Categories: 696 ... God creates Adam, by Michelangelo. ... Arab (disambiguation). ...
According to the History of the Patriarchs by Severus, Bishop of Al-Ushmunain, John of Nikiû lived under the Patriarchs John of Semnûd, Isaac, and Simeon. But when John disciplined a monk guilty of some moral offence so severely that the monk died ten days later, the patriarch Simeon removed John from his office.
John of Nikiû's Chronicle was originally written mostly in Greek except possibly some of the chapters concerning Egypt which may have been written in Coptic to judge from the forms of the names. The work only survives in an Ethopian translation made in 1602 of an Arabic translation of the original. The text is in parts obviously corrupted with unfortunate accidental omissions. In particular 30 years are missing from 610 to 640. The Greek language (Greek Ελληνικά, IPA – Hellenic) is an Indo-European language with a documented history of some 3,000 years. ...
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Bibliography
- "La Chronique de Jean de Nikioû", ed. and translated into French by H. Zotenberg in Notices et Extraits des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale, t. XXIV, I, pp. 125–605 (Paris, 1883) and also separately (Paris, 1883).
- The Chronicle of John, Bishop of Nikiu, translated by R. H. Charles (The Text and Translation Society, Oxford University Press, 1916).
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External links
- The Chronicle of John, Bishop of Nikiu, trans. by R. H. Charles
- Tertullian.org: Introduction (http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/nikiu1_intro.htm) and English translation (http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/nikiu2_chronicle.htm).
- Early Christian Writings: Introduction (http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/fathers/nikiu1_intro.htm) and English translation (http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/fathers/nikiu2_chronicle.htm).
- Catholic Encyclopedia: John of Nikiû (http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08475a.htm)
