
The list below gives all literary references to Alexander Severus from the time of his life to the early Renaissance. Each reference is followed by citation of relevant passages.**
Aelius
Lampridius (attr), Scriptores Historiae Augustae. Magie, David, ed., trans.
"Loeb Classical Library", G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York.
c. 1924. "Severus
Alexander".
Anon,
"Acts of Cecilia". Morse, T. D. C., trans. Smith, William and Wace,
Anon,
"Acts of Urban" (paraphrased). Barmby, James, ed.
Smith, William and Wace, Henry, eds., A Dictionary of Christian
Biography. John Murry, London.
1880. Vol. IV, pp. 1063-64.
Anon,
"Chronica Gallica". Mommsen, Theodore, ed., "Monumenta Germaniae
Historica", Weidmann, Berlin. 1882.
"Chronica Minora", Vol.
I, p. 641.
Anon,
"Chronicon ad AD 846 Pertinens". Chabot, L.-B., ed.
"Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium", Scriptores
Syri 4, Chronica Minora II, p. 145.
Anon,
"Chronicon Paschale". Dindorf, Ludwig, ed. Weber, 1932. 253
Olympiad.
Anon,
Suidas. Bekker, Immanuel, ed.
Berlin, 1854. "Origen".
Aurelius
Victor, De Caesaribus Historia. Harles, ed.
A. J. Valpy, London. 1829.
XXIV.
Aurelius
Victor (attr), De Vita et Moribus Imperatorum Romanorum (The
"Epitome"). Harles, ed., A. J. Valpy, London.
1829. XXIV.
Barhabaeus
(Gregory abu'l Faraj), The Chronography of Gregory abu'l Faraj. Badge, Ernest A.
Willis, ed., trans. Oxford
University Press, Oxford. 1932.
p. 55.
Cassiodorus
Senator, Chronicon. Gamonet, Phillip, ed., n.p., 1809.
"Alexander Mammeae, XXI."
"Chronographer
of 354 AD". Mommsen, Theodore, ed., "Monumenta Germaniae Historica",
Weidmann, Berlin. 1882.
"Chronica Minora", Vol. I, p. 147.
XVI.
Contantius
VII Porphyrogenitus, De Insidiis. Cramer,
John Anthony, ed., “Anecdota Graeca e Codd. Manuscriptis Bibliothecae Regiae
Parisiensis”. Georg Olms
Verlagsbuehlandlung, Hildesheim. 1967.
Dio
Cassius, Roman History. Cary, Earnest, ed., trans. "Loeb Classical Library".
Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA.
c. 1955. LXXIX, 17.1-finis;
fragment.
Eusebius,
Chronicle (ed of Jerome). Migne, J. P., ed.
"Patrologia Latina", vol. 27, Paris, 1846.
AD 225-37.
Eusebius,
Chronicorum Canonum. Schoene,
Alfred, ed. Weidmann, Berlin.
1866. Olympiads CCL-CCLIII.
Eusebius,
Church History. McGiffert, Arthur Cushman, ed., trans.
"A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers", vol. 1. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids MI.
VI. 21, 28.
Eutropius,
Breviarum. Watson, John Selby, ed., trans.
G Bull & Sons, Ltd.. c.
1910. VIII. 23.
Eutychius,
Annals. Migne, J. P., ed. "Patrologia
Graeca", vol. 61. Paris.
381-83.
Herodian,
History. Whittaker, C. R., ed., trans. "Loeb
Classical Library", Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA.
c. 1920. V.7-VI.9.
Georgius
Cedrenus, Historiarum Compendium. Dindorf, William, ed.
"Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae", Bonn, 1829.
vol. 1. 256 C-D.
Georgius
Syncellus, Chronographia. Dindorf, William, ed. "Corpus Scriptorum Historiae Byzantinae", Bonn,
1829. vol. 1.
211-15.
Ioannes
Antiochenus. Muller, Carl, ed.
"Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum" (Bibliotheque Graecque).
Didot, Paris. 1848-1851.
140-141.
Ioannes
Zonaras, Epitome Historiarum. Dindorf, Ludwig, ed. "Teubner Series", Leipzig, 1870.
Vol. 3. XII. 15-16.
Jacob
Edessen, "Chronicon". Chabot,
L.-B., ed. "Corpus Scriptorum
Christianorum Orientalium", Scriptores Syri 4, Chronica Minora II, p. 212.
Jacques
de Voragine, La Legende
Dorée. M.
G. B., trans. Librairie Garnier
Freres, Paris, n.d. "Legend
of Saint Thomas".
Jerome,
Lives of Illustrious Men. Richardson,
Ernest Cushing, ed., trans. "A
Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers", vol. III.
William B Eerdmans Publishing Comp., Grand Rapids MI.
1892. LIV.
Jordanes,
The Gothic History [Getica]. Mierow, Charles Christopher, ed., trans.
Barnes & Noble, Inc., New York, 1960.
XV.
Jordanes,
Romana. Mommsen, Theodor, ed.
"Momumenta Germaniae Historica", Weidmann, Berlin, 1882.
"Alexander Mammaeae".
Julian,
The Ceasars. Wright, Wilmer Cave,
ed., trans. "Loeb Classical
Library", Macmillan Company, New York.
c. 1913. 313. A.
Julius
Africannus, Cestoi (fragment). Greenfell,
Bernard P. and Hunt, Arthur S., eds. The Oxyrinchus Papryi, III, no. 412.
Horace Hart, Oxford. 1903.
Pp. 36-41.
Nicephorus
Callistus, Ecclesiastical History. Migne,
J. P., ed. "Patrologia Graeca",
vol. 145, Paris. 366.
Ordericus
Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy.
Forester, Thomas, ed., trans. Henry
G Bohn, London. 1853. I.23, II. 81.
Paulus
Orosius, The Seven Books of History
Against the Pagans. Deferrari, Roy
J., ed., trans. "Fathers of
the Church", vol. 50. Catholic
University of America Press, Inc., Washington DC.
c. 1964. VII. 18-19.
Petrus
Patricius, in Constantius VII Porphyrogenitus, De Legationibus Romanorum ad
Gentes. Mommsen, Theodore, ed.,
"Monumenta Germaniae Historica", Weidmann, Berlin.
1882. Vol. V, p. 666-667. 9.
Polemius
Silvius, "Nomina Omnium Principum Romanorum".
Mommsen, Theodore, ed., "Monumenta Germaniae Historica",
Weidmann, Berlin. 1882. "Chronica
Minora", Vol. I, p. 521.
Prosperus
Tironis, Epitoma Chronicon. Mommsen,
Theodore, ed., "Monumenta Germaniae Historica", Weidmann, Berlin.
1882. "Chronica Minora", Vol.
I, p. 436. CXCV.
Pseudoisidore,
Historia. Mommsen, Theodore, ed.,
"Monumenta Germaniae Historica", Weidmann, Berlin.
1882. "Chronica Minora", Vol.
II, p. 381. 7.
Rufius
Festus, Breviarum. Eadie, J. W.,
ed., Athlone Press, University of London.
c. 1967. XXII.
Symeon
Logothetes (wrongly attr. Leo Grammaticus), Chronicle.
Cramer, John Anthony, ed., “Anecdota Graeca e Codd. Manuscriptis
Bibliothecae Regiae Parisiensis”. Georg Olms Verlagsbuehlandlung, Hildesheim.
1967.
Vincent
of Lerins, The Commitories. Morris,
Rudolph E., ed., trans. "The
Fathers of the Church", vol. VII. Fathers
of the Church, Inc., New York. c. 1949.
17.
Zosimus,
Historia Nova. Buchanan, James J.
and Davis, Harold L., eds., trans. Trinity
University Press, San Antonio TX. c.
1967. !. 11-13.
Possible
references:
Synesius
of Cyrene, "Letters". Fitzgerald, Augustine, ed., trans.
Oxford University Press, Oxford. c.
1926. 50
Synesius
of Cyrene, "A Eulogy of Baldness".
Fitzgerald, Augustine, ed., trans. Oxford
University Press, Oxford. c. 1930.
21-28
**Written and Gratefully reprinted with the permission of Hayden Wetzel
(revised from the list appearing in his 1972 monograph deposited in the library of Wabash College, Crawfordsville IN). He can be contacted at haydenwetzel@hotmail.com in regards to this list.![]()