Editing 517

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Year '''517''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DXVII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. At the time, it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of [[Agapitus (consul 517)|Agapitus]] and [[Anastasius (consul 517)|Paulus]]''' among the [[Roman people|Romans]] (or, less frequently, '''year 1270 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 517 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the [[Anno Domini]] [[calendar era]] became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

== Events ==
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=== By place ===
==== Europe ====
* King [[Sigismund of Burgundy]] is opposed by his son Sigeric, and has him [[Strangling|strangled]]. Overcome with remorse, he retreats to the [[monastery]] that he founded, [[St. Maurice's Abbey]] (modern [[Switzerland]]).<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Esders |first1=Stefan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JG2MDwAAQBAJ&dq=Battle+of+V%C3%A9zeronce&pg=PA42 |title=East and West in the Early Middle Ages: The Merovingian Kingdoms in Mediterranean Perspective |last2=Fox |first2=Yaniv |last3=Hen |first3=Yitzhak |last4=Sarti |first4=Laury |date=2019-04-04 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-18715-3 |pages=35 |language=en}}</ref>

==== China ====
* Emperor [[Emperor Wu of Liang|Wu Di]] of the [[Liang Dynasty]] becomes a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]], and introduces the new [[religion]] to central [[China]]. He demands that [[sacrifice]]s to imperial ancestors be changed to using dried meat, instead of the traditional animals ([[goat]]s, [[pig]]s and [[cow]]s).

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[Council of Epaone]]: [[Bishop]]s of southern [[Gaul]] convene near Epao (present [[Anneyron]]) in [[Kingdom of Burgundy|Burgundy]]. The [[synod]] enacts the first legislation against wooden [[altar]]s, forbidding the building of any but stone altars with [[chrism]] (a mixture of [[Holy anointing oil|oil]] and spice).

==== Science ====
* [[Aryabhata]] compiles his manual of [[mathematics]] and [[Indian astronomy|astronomy]] (approximate date).
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== Births ==
* [[Charibert I]], king of the [[Franks]] (approximate date)
* [[Ebrulf]], Frankish [[hermit]] and [[abbot]] (d. [[596]])

== Deaths ==
* [[April 5]] &ndash; [[Timothy I of Constantinople|Timothy I]], patriarch of [[Constantinople]]
* [[Pope Dioscorus II of Alexandria|Dioscorus II]], [[List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria|Coptic Orthodox patriarch of Alexandria]]
* [[Macedonius II of Constantinople|Macedonius II]], [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]] (approximate date)

== References ==
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