Fragment of a Latin epitaph probably mentioning *Callixtus (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00145) as the eponym of the cemetery. Found in the lower part of the cemetery of Callixtus, via Appia, Rome. Probably 4th c.
Evidence ID
E04730
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
Archaeological and architectural - Internal cult fixtures (crypts, ciboria, etc.)
[- - -]cia Sab[ina (?) - - -]
[- - - C]allisti (christogram)
'[- - -]cia Sabina (?) [- - -] of Callistus.
Text: ICVR, n.s., IV, no. 10054p = EDB21
Places Named after Saint
Other
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesWomen
Source
Fragment of a marble plaque. Preserved dimensions: H. 0.24 m; W. 0.55 m; Th. 0.065 m. Letter height 0.05 m.First recorded by Antonio Ferrua in cubiculum Ee of the Cemetery of Callixtus. Published by Ferrua in 1964.
Discussion
The inscription probably described the location of the tomb as 'in the Cemetry of Callixtus.' Cf. E04729: conpa[ra]bit sibi arco[so]lium in Callisti / 'he prepared the tomb (arcosolium) for himself in the Cemetery of Callistus.'Dating: Antonio Felle (in EDB) dates the inscription to the 4th c.
Bibliography
Edition:Epigraphic Database Bari, no. EDB21, see http://www.edb.uniba.it/epigraph/21
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. 10054p.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
26/01/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00145 | Callixtus, bishop and martyr of Rome | Callistus | Certain |
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