Greek invocation of *Mary (Mother of Christ, S00033) by Modestos, perhaps archbishop of Myra (Lycia, south-west Asia Minor). Found in Myra. Probably 6th c.
Evidence ID
E00862
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
+ Θεοτόκε, μῆ(τε)ρ Χριστοῦ,
χάρισε Μόδεστον
[ἀ]ρ[χιποίμ]̣ε̣να κ(αὶ) ἱερέα
Χρισι+ Ötüken || [τὸν ἀ]ρ[χιποίμ]̣ε̣να Ötüken (tὸν considered superfluous by Feissel)
'O God-Bearer (Theotokos), Mother of Christ, forgive Modestos, archshepherd and priest!'
Text: Ötüken 1997, 545.
Non Liturgical ActivityEcclesiastics - bishops
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesEcclesiastics - bishops
Ecclesiastics - lesser clergy
Ecclesiastics - abbots
Source
Upper part of a limestone block with a carved cross. Lines 1 and 2 are on the left and right side of the upper branch of the cross. Line 3 is on the left and right of the lower branch. Found in the church of *Nicholas of Myra in Myra (Lycia, southern Asia Minor).Discussion
The inscription must postdate the reconstruction of the church of *Nicholas of Myra in 520. Modestos is otherwise unknown; he was certainly a priest, that he was archbishop or abbot is much less certain, given the poor state of preservation of the inscription.Bibliography
Edition:Ötüken, Y., "1996 Yılı demre – Aziz Nikolas Kiisesi Kazısı [Excavations in the church of Saint Nicolas in Myra in 1996 – published in Turkish]", Kazi Sonuçlari Toplantısı 19/2 (1997), 545.
Further Reading:
Destephen, S., Prosopographie du Diocese d'Asie (325-641) (Prosopographie chrétienne du Bas-Empire 3, Paris: Association des amis du centre d'histoire et civilisation de Byzance, 2008), Modestos 4.
Reference works:
Chroniques d'épigraphie byzantine, 343, 733.
Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum 47, 1817.
Record Created By
Pawel Nowakowski
Date of Entry
19/11/2015
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00033 | Mary, Mother of Christ | Θεοτόκος, μῆτηρ Χριστοῦ | Certain |
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