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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Greek inscription on the capital of a column found near Magnesia ad Sipylum (province of Asia, western Asia Minor) with names of *Sergios (soldier and martyr of Rusafa, S00023) and *Bakchos (soldier and martyr of Barbalissos, S00079). Probably late antique (5th-8th c.).

Evidence ID

E00728

Type of Evidence

Inscriptions - Inscribed architectural elements

Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)

Σεργίου καὶ Βάκχ[ου]

'Of Sergios and Bakchos.'

Text: TAM V/2, no. 1394.

Cult Places

Cult building - unspecified
Cult building - independent (church)

Source

The capital was reused in the wall of the mosque Hatuniye Cami in Manisa (near the site of the ancient Magnesia ad Sipylum). Joseph Keil and Anton von Premerstein found it in 1906; later seen by Fritz Gschnitzer in 1954 and 1955.

H. 0.275 m
W. 0.59 m

Discussion

The names of saints are mentioned in the genitive case which indicates that they were patrons of the building, probably a church, owning the discussed column.

Bibliography

Edition:
Tituli Asiae Minoris V/2 1394

Further Reading:
Destephen, S., "Martyrs locaux et cultes civiques en Asie Mineure", in: J.C. Caillet, S. Destephen, B. Dumézil, H. Inglebert, Des dieux civiques aux saints patrons (IVe-VIIe siècle) (Paris: éditions A. & J. Picard, 2015), 87.

Reference works:
Chroniques d'épigraphie byzantine, 256


Record Created By

Pawel Nowakowski

Date of Entry

15/09/2015

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00023Sergios, soldier and martyr of RusafaΣέργιοςCertain
S00079Bakchos, soldier and martyr of BarbalissosΒάκχοςCertain


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