Greek inscription with an invocation of *Isidoros (soldier and martyr of Chios, S00425). Found at Livadia (island of Chios; Aegean Islands). Probably late antique.
Evidence ID
E01721
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
+ ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ
[ἅ]γιε Ἰσίδωρε βοήθι
τοῦ δούλου σου
̣Ἀλαπιντίου. ἀμήν
'+ With good fortune! Saint Isidoros, help your servant Alapintios! Amen.'
Text: Zolotas 1908, 312, no. 29.
Non Liturgical Activity
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesOther lay individuals/ people
Source
A whitish stone plaque. H. 0.39 m; W. 0.42 m; Th. 0.14 m. Seen and copied by Georgios Zolotas at the Museum of the Gymnasium in Chios after 1886. Said to have been found at Livadia.Discussion
The inscription is an invocation of Saint Isidoros. Its remarkable feature is the unusual combination of the pagan introductory formula agathe tyche / 'with good fortune' with the Christian religion of the supplicant.We witness here a sign of the devotion to a local martyr, as Isidoros was martyred and then venerated in Chios. His cult was known to Gregory of Tours in the late 6th c., see: E00654.
Dating: There is no reliable way to date such a short invocation: this type of prayer, with the 'servant-of-saint' formula, is unlikely to occur before the late 5th or 6th c., while the agathe tyche formula suggests a date early in this period.
Bibliography
Edition:Zolotas, G., "Επιγραφαί Χίου ανέκδοτοι", Athena 20 (1908), 312, no. 29
Further reading:
Kiourtzian, G., "Pietas insulariorum", [in:] Eupsychia: mélanges offerts à Hélène Ahrweiler, vol. 2 (Série Byzantina Sorbonensia 16, Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne, 1998), 375.
Images
)
From: Zolotas 1908.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
13/07/2016
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00425 | Isidoros, soldier and martyr of Chios | Ἰσίδωρος | Certain |
|---|
Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
Paweł Nowakowski, Cult of Saints, E01721 - http://csla.history.ox.ac.uk/record.php?recid=E01721