Latin epitaph for a woman, saying that she lives ‘among saints.’ Found in the 'crypt of Saint Cornelius,' at the Cemetery of Callixtus, via Appia (Rome). Probably 3rd c.
Evidence ID
E04647
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
Veneri-
osa, spir-
itus tus int-
er santos
3. read tuus
'Veneriosa, your soul is among saints!'
Text: ICVR, n.s., IV, no. 9451.
Non Liturgical ActivityPrayer/supplication/invocation
Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
Prayer/supplication/invocation
Burial ad sanctos
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesWomen
Source
Marble plaque. H. 0.36 m; W. 0.39 m; Th. 0.04 m. Letter height 0.04-0.045 m.Found in area Z5 in the 'crypt of Saint Cornelius', in the Cemetery of Callixtus. First published by Margherita Guarducci in 1958. Republished by Antonio Ferrua in 1964.
Discussion
The inscription is an epitaph for an ordinary woman. The saints mentioned in line 4 are probably the general community of all the redeemed Christians rather than any specific saints or martyrs.Dating: The inscription is dated to the 3rd c. by Antonio Felle in EDB. The formula used in the inscription is characteristic of early Christian epitaphs.
Bibliography
Edition:Epigraphic Database Bari, no. EDB21199, see http://www.edb.uniba.it/epigraph/21199
De Rossi, G.B., Ferrua, A. (eds.) Inscriptiones Christianae Urbis Romae Septimo Saeculo Antiquiores, n.s., vol. 4: Coemeteria inter Vias Appiam et Ardeatinam (Vatican: Pont. Institutum Archaeologiae Christianae, 1964), no. 9451.
Guarducci, M., I graffiti sotto la Confessione di San Pietro in Vaticano, vol. 1 (Città del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1958), 365.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
19/01/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00518 | Saints, unnamed | santi | Certain |
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