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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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Greek dedicatory inscription mentioning *Stephen (the First Martyr, 00030). Found at Dorylaion (Phrygia, west central Asia Minor). Probably late antique.

Evidence ID

E00911

Type of Evidence

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

τῷ ἁγίῳ Στ(εφάνῳ) F-ʹ

'For Saint Stephen. F-ʹ'

Text: Armanet 1904, no. 23.

Non Liturgical Activity

Bequests, donations, gifts and offerings

Protagonists in Cult and Narratives

Merchants and artisans

Source

A broken block, found at the entrance to a distillery at Eskişehir, ancient Dorylaion (Phrygia, central Asia Minor). H. 0.30 m; W. 1.70 m. The inscription was carved on the rough face, not the polished one.

Discussion

The inscription records the abbreviated name of Stephen, the First Martyr. The article is in the dative case, therefore, it is probably a dedication. Armanet claimed that the signs visible at the end of the line were markings of the stone-cutter.


Bibliography

Edition:
Armanet, C., "Inscriptions de Dorylée",
Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique 28 (1904), no. 23.

Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae database, no. 1417: http://www.epigraph.topoi.org/ica/icamainapp/inscription/show/1417

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), 92.

Monumenta Asiae Minoris Antiqua
V, Lists I(i), 182, no. 131.


Record Created By

Pawel Nowakowski

Date of Entry

29/11/2015

Related Saint Records
IDNameName in SourceIdentity
S00030Stephen, the First MartyrΣτέφανοςCertain


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