Editing Julian (emperor) (section)

====Tomb====
[[File:Porphyry sarcophagus of Julian.jpg|thumb| [[Porphyry (geology)#Roman and late Roman imperial sarcophagi|Sarcophagus of porphyry]] of emperor Julian, outside the [[Istanbul Archaeology Museum]].]]
As he had requested,<ref>Kathleen McVey (Editor), ''The Fathers of the Church: Selected Prose Works'' (1994) p. 31</ref> Julian's body was buried in [[Tarsus (city)|Tarsus]]. It lay in a tomb outside the city, across a road from that of Maximinus Daia.<ref>Libanius, ''Oration'' 18, 306; [[Ammianus Marcellinus]] 23, 2.5 and 25, 5.1.  References from G. Downey,''The tombs of the Byzantine emperors at the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople'', Journal of Hellenic Studies 79 (1959) p. 46</ref>

However, chronicler [[Zonaras]] says that at some "later" date his body was exhumed and reburied in or near the [[Church of the Holy Apostles]] in Constantinople, where Constantine and the rest of his family lay.<ref>Downey gives the text: '...later the body was transferred to the imperial city' (xiii 13, 25)</ref> His sarcophagus is listed as standing in a "stoa" there by [[Constantine VII]].<ref>Glanville Downey, ''The tombs of the Byzantine emperors at the Church of the Holy Apostles in Constantinople'', Journal of Hellenic Studies 79 (1959) 27–51.  On p. 34 he states that the ''[[De Ceremoniis|Book of Ceremonies]]'' of [[Constantine VII|Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus]] gives a list of tombs, ending with: "43. In this ''stoa'', which is to the north, lies a cylindrically-shaped sarcophagus, in which lies the cursed and wretched body of the apostate Julian, porphyry or Roman in colour. 44 Another sarcophagus, porphyry, or Roman, in which lies the body of Jovian, who ruled after Julian."</ref> The church was demolished by the [[Ottoman Turks|Ottomans]] after the [[fall of Constantinople]] in 1453. Today a [[Porphyry (geology)#Roman and late Roman imperial sarcophagi|sarcophagus of porphyry]], believed by Jean Ebersolt to be Julian's, stands in the grounds of the [[Istanbul Archaeology Museum]].<ref>{{cite journal|author=Vasiliev|first=A. A.|date=1948|title=Imperial Porphyry Sarcophagi in Constantinople|url=https://lucazavagno.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/vasiliev.pdf|journal=Dumbarton Oaks Papers|volume=4|pages=1+3–26|doi=10.2307/1291047|jstor=1291047}}</ref>
[[File:264 arte romana, sacrificio forse dell'imperatore giuliano, IV sec., 01.JPG|thumb|4th-century cameo of an emperor, probably Julian, performing sacrifice ([[National Archaeological Museum, Florence]])]]