John Chrysostom, priest in Antioch until 397 and later archbishop of Constantinople (398-404), died in exile on September 14, 407. His extant authentic oeuvre is very extensive, comprising almost 800 homilies, as well as over 200 letters and a few treatises.

Many spurious works have also been attributed to Chrysostom. They were created in and/or translated into many ancient languages, namely, but not limited to: Arabic, Armenian, Bohairic (Coptic), Christian Aramaic, Ethiopic (Ge’ez), Georgian, Greek, Late Greek, Latin, Nubian, Sahidic (Coptic), Slavonic (and later Slavic Languages), Sogdian, and Syriac.

Very little is known about these spuria and research on them has been hampered by several factors: many texts are still unpublished; critical editions and comparative studies are few; provenance, date, and authenticity have rarely been addressed; texts often appear under various forms after having been rewritten, shortened, or supplemented…

The Pseudo-Chrysostomica project will primarily collect data about every text in this database, so that, in turn, the information may become a resource for further research.

The database is also expected to record the indirect tradition as witnessed by catenae, florilegia and secondary works (“plagiarisms”, anthologies and centones).

The database is organized according to six categories:

• 1. general information about a textual item.
• 2. its versions in various languages (original and translations).
• 3. authorship / attribution / authenticity status.
• general bibliography (see also the explanatory note to the Bibliography).
• 5 & 6. are dedicated records that describe literary relations between texts: namely, (5) from the perspective of the source text; and (6) from the perspective of the target text.

The Pseudo-Chrysostomica project began on May 1, 2017, and has been sponsored by the Louvain Centre for Eastern and Oriental Christianity (LOCEOC). The database is hosted by the Trimegistos platform and its content is currently supervised by Sever J. Voicu.