# Galerius’s 311 tolerance edict is stored as a prior instrument so 313 is not a solo miracle Date: 311 ## The fact On 30 April 311 Galerius issued an edict of tolerance for Christians, a prior instrument to 313. Constantine is a named colleague in the received college, not the drafter of Nicomedia’s paper. It is one event. ## Context Keeping 311 visible is an anti-simplification fact: rights restoration had already begun in the East before Milan. [Constantine the Great](/people/constantine-the-great)’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below. Sharing a field with them is not a reason to drop a documented act, and it is not a reason to assign later consequences done in the name after death. 30 April 311 Nicomedia edict is Galerius’s, with Constantine and Licinius named in the college as received. Stored here so Christianization is not one man. Named person as heading of the dated public instrument. Later editors, museums, printers, or offices share publication. Complex where later carriers date the row. ## Evidence and sources Lactantius’s English and Britannica independently date Galerius’s 311 edict before the Milan agreement. Official or archival record: Lactantius, Of the Manner in Which the Persecutors Died — New Advent (https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0705.htm; New Advent / Catholic Encyclopedia fathers). ## Significance A prior eastern tolerance edict is a minority-rights instrument that prevents collapsing the story into Constantine alone. 311 is not 313. Keep both. A prior eastern tolerance edict is a minority-rights instrument that prevents collapsing the story into Constantine alone. ## What is established and what is not Established: 311 Galerius edict exists in the received file. Not established: that Constantine wrote it, or that Maximinus obeyed it fully. What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions. The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit. Established here: a sourced, dated public instrument with a named contribution by Constantine the Great. What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date, signatory, or non-occurrence; a demonstrated forgery; or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of other causes. They are not a public rating. ## People - Constantine the Great: https://factrail.ai/people/constantine-the-great ## Drivers - Protection of Minority Rights: https://factrail.ai/drivers/protection-of-minority-rights ## Sources - https://www.britannica.com/biography/Constantine-I-Roman-emperor - https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0705.htm ## Methodology https://factrail.ai/methodology Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/co-galerius-311-not-collapsed