Editing 520

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[[File:Williamson p16 3.svg|thumb|259px|The [[Kingdom of East Anglia]] (6th century)]] 
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Year '''520''' ('''[[Roman numerals|DXX]]''') was a [[leap year starting on Wednesday]] of the [[Julian calendar]]. In the [[Roman Empire]], it was known as the '''Year of the Consulship of Rusticus and [[Vitalian (general)|Vitalianus]]''' (or, less frequently, '''year 1273 ''[[Ab urbe condita]]'''''). The denomination 520 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 ===

==== Byzantine Empire ====
* [[Priscian]], [[Latin grammar]]ian, writes the ''Institutiones Grammaticae'' ("Grammatical Foundations"). In [[Constantinople]], he codifies this [[manuscript]] in 18 volumes, which will be widely used through the [[Middle Ages]]. It provides the raw material for the field of [[Modistae|speculative grammar]]. 
* [[July]] &ndash; Byzantine general [[Vitalian (consul)|Vitalian]] becomes [[Roman consul|consul]], and is shortly later murdered, probably on the orders of [[Justinian I|Justinian]], the nephew and heir-apparent of Emperor [[Justin I]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Cameron |first=Alan |title=The Death of Vitalian (520 A.D.) |journal=Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik |volume=48 |year=1982 |pages=93–94 |location=Bonn |publisher=Dr. Rudolf Habelt GmbH |jstor=20183637}} The month of Vitalian's death is taken from the chronicle of [[Marcellinus Comes]], ''sub anno'' 520. Alan Cameron discussed the supporting evidence, concluding that Marcellinus is correct.</ref>

==== Britannia ====
* King [[Pabo Post Prydain]] of the [[Pennines]] ([[Northern England]]) abdicates his [[throne]], and divides the kingdom between his two sons. He retires, as a [[hermit]], to [[Anglesey]].<ref name="Small">{{cite book |last=Kinross |first=John |title=Discovering the Smallest Churches in Wales |publisher=The History Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-7524-4101-6 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/discoveringsmall0000kinr/page/21 21–22] |chapter=Anglesey |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/discoveringsmall0000kinr/page/21}}</ref>
* The [[Kingdom of East Anglia]] is formed, by the merging of the [[England|English]] counties of [[Norfolk]] and [[Suffolk]], and perhaps the eastern part of [[The Fens]]  (approximate date). 
* King [[Budic II of Brittany|Budic II]] returns to [[Cornouaille]] ([[Brittany]]), to claim the Breton throne (approximate date).

==== Europe ====
* [[Ostrogoths|Ostrogothic]] ruler [[Theodoric the Great]] builds the [[Mausoleum of Theodoric]] as his future tomb in [[Ravenna]] ([[Italy]]).<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bean |first1=Rachel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xcYVmUyHG2AC |title=Italy, Malta, and San Marino |last2=Bruno |first2=Stefano |last3=Doe |first3=Helen |publisher=Marshall Cavendish |year=2010 |pages=753|isbn=978-0-7614-7893-5 }}</ref>

==== Asia ====
* [[Bodhidharma]], Buddhist [[Bhikkhu|monk]], arrives in [[Luoyang]]. He spreads [[Buddhism]] and travels to the [[Northern Wei dynasty|northern Chinese kingdom of Wei]], to the [[Shaolin Monastery]].

=== By topic ===
==== Religion ====
* [[February 25]] &ndash; [[Epiphanius of Constantinople|Epiphanius]] is elected [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]] by Byzantine Emperor Justin I.
* The construction of the [[Basilica of San Vitale]] in Ravenna, is started (approximate date).
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* The [[Monastery of Seridus|monastery]] of [[Seridus of Gaza|Seridus]], where [[Barsanuphius]] and [[John the Prophet]] lived as hermits, is founded in the region of [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]].<ref name="KofskyBitton">{{cite book |last1=Kofsky |first1=Arieh |last2=Bitton-Ashkelony |first2=Bruria |title=Christian Gaza in Late Antiquity |date=2004 |publisher=Brill |isbn=9789004138681 |pages=76–77 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lA9VwVwoyiAC |access-date=12 November 2023}}</ref>

== Births ==
* [[Hou Andu]], general of the [[Chen dynasty]] (d. [[563]])
* [[Justin II]], emperor of the [[Byzantine Empire]] (d. [[578]])
* [[Malo (saint)|Malo]], Welsh [[bishop]] (approximate date)
* [[Martin of Braga]], [[missionary]] and [[archbishop]] (d. [[580]])
* [[Pope Pelagius II]] of [[Rome]] (d. [[589]])
* [[Radegund]], [[Franks|Frankish]] princess (approx.)
* [[Zuhayr bin Abi Sulma]], Arabian [[poet]] (approx.)

== Deaths ==
* [[January 19]] &ndash; [[John of Cappadocia]], [[Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople|patriarch of Constantinople]]
* July &ndash; [[Vitalian (general)|Vitalian]], Byzantine general, [[Roman consul|consul]]
* [[Abbán]], Irish cult leader and [[saint]] (approx.)
* [[Ardgal mac Conaill]], king of [[Hill of Uisneach|Uisneach]] ([[Ireland]])
* [[Isidore of Alexandria]], [[Neoplatonism|Neoplatonist]] philosopher (approximate date)
* [[Mesmin|Maximinus]], Frankish [[abbot]] and saint (approximate date) 
* [[Zu Gengzhi]], Chinese [[mathematician]] (approx.)

== References ==
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