Greek epitaph for a deacon and guardian (paramonarios) of a church dedicated to an unnamed martyr. Found near Strobilos and Pylai (Bithynia, north-west Asia Minor). Probably late antique.
Evidence ID
E00941
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
[ἐνθάδε κεῖται ὁ]
[τ]ῆς εὐλα[βοῦς μνήμ-]
η<ς> Θεόδορος γεν[ά-]
μενος διάκονος
[κ]αὶ παραμονά[ρι-]
[ος τοῦ ἁγί]ου καὶ [ἐν-]
[δόξου] μάρτυ[ρος]
[- - -]ΙΟΥ [- - -]
1-3. [ἐνθάδε κεῖται ὁ τῆς μακαρίας μνήμ]ης εὐλα[βέστατος] η Θεόδωρος Gedeon || 5-8. παραμονά[ριος μονῆς (or ναοῦ) τ]οῦ κα[λλινίκου] μάρτυ[ρος Ἐλευθερ]ίου Gedeon
'[Here lies] Theodoros of blessed memory, former deacon and guardian (paramonarios) (of the church) [of the] holy and [glorious] martyr [- - -]ios.'
Text: Gedeon 1893, 19-20.
Cult Places
Cult building - independent (church)
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesEcclesiastics - lesser clergy
Source
A slab found near a fountain at Yalova (area of Strobilos and Pylai, Bithynia, northern Asia Minor). There is no published description of the stone.Discussion
Manouel Gedeon, the first editor of the inscription, based on the erroneous understanding of the term paramonarios supposed that the deceased served in a monastery named after the martyr Eleutherios. However, the term paramonarios denotes a caretaker of a church, probably a senior function, different from a common ‘sacristan’. Furthermore, The name of the patron saint of the sanctuary is lost, and any attempt to reconstruct it is highly hypothetical.Bibliography
Edition:Gedeon, M., Ἔγγραφοι λίθοι καὶ κεράμια (Constantinople: ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει, 1893), 19-20.
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), 97.
Reference works:
Chroniques d'épigraphie byzantine, 408.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
07/12/2015
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00060 | Martyrs, unnamed or name lost | [- - -]ιος or [- - -]μος | Certain |
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