À.D. 532. 259 DIOmrSIUS ABBAffGES HIS CYCLE. heresy. The Acephali are impugnerà of the three articles agreed to by the Council of Chalcedon. They deny the property of two substances in Christ, and assert that there was only one nature in his person. They also assert ν that the Apostle Paul, in his Epistles, ordered women to be made deaconesses, because he mentions them after the deacons. A.D. 527. Justinian succeeded to the Roman empire, and reigned thirty-eight years. The same year, Pagans came from Germany and occupied East Anglia, that is to say, that district which is called the country of the East Angles ; some of •horn invaded Mercia, and fought many battles with the Britons. But as their leaders were very numerous, their names have not been preserved. The same year, the kingdom of the East Saxons, which was called Essex, was first established, and Erkenwin is believed to have been its founder and first king ; he was the son of Offa, the son of Bredecan, the son of Sigewolf, the son of Spetua, the son of Geser, the son of Andesse, the son of Saxuad, the son of Woden. A.D. 528. Cedric and his son Kenric having collected very large bodies of armed men in the Isle of Wight, made a great slaughter there, at Wigaresbin, and made themselves masters of the whole island. A.D. 529. The body of Antony the monk was found, in consequence of a divine revelation, and was brought to Alexandria. A.D. 530. Some orthodox bishops in Africa having had their tongues cut out by the roots by the Vandals, spoke distinctly afterwards, in such a way as to be a marvel and a sight to many. And one of their number increased the miracle, because he becoming unduly elated, was deprived of the divine gift, and became, dumb again. A.D. 531. Saint Adastus was ordained as the first bishop of Artois, by Saint Remigius. A.D. 532. The abbot Dionysius arranged his cycle, consisting of five cycles of nineteen years. And because the second year of this arrangement ought to correspond, in the calculation, with the first year of the nativity of Christ, the thirty-fifth year of the cycle of Dionysius ought to correspond, in the calculation, with the thirty-third year of the nativity of Christ, that is to say, in such a way that the fourteenth day of the moon in Aprjl, would be the ninth of the calends of Apru, and the fifth day of the week. The passion of Christ