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Fragmentary Latin epitaph for a woman buried probably close to a saint whose name is lost. Found in the lower part of the Cemetery of Callixtus, via Appia, Rome. Probably late 4th - early 5th c.

Evidence ID

E04731

Type of Evidence

Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions

Archaeological and architectural - Internal cult fixtures (crypts, ciboria, etc.)

e Proci[- - -]
vixit an[n(os) - - -]
d(ies) III quae [deposita est]
in pace [- - - ad (?)]
sanct[- - -]

'[- - -] lived [- - -] years, [- - -], three days, and [was buried] in peace [- - - next to (?)] saint (?) [- - -] '

Text: ICVR, n.s., IV, no. 10110 = EDB75.

Cult Places

Burial site of a saint - crypt/ crypt with relics
Burial site of a saint - tomb/grave
Burial site of a saint - cemetery/catacomb

Non Liturgical Activity

Burial ad sanctos

Protagonists in Cult and Narratives

Women

Source

Fragment of a marble plaque, broken and lost on top and the right-hand side. Preserved dimensions: H. 0.40 m; W. 0.27 m; Th. 0.045 m. Letter height 0.04 m.

First recorded by Antonio Ferrua in area C6 of the Cemetry of Callixtus. Published by Ferrua in 1964.

Discussion

Ferrua suggesed that the epitaph recorded a burial of a woman close to the tomb of a martyr whose name was mentioned in the last line.

Dating: Antonio Felle (in EDB) dates the inscription to the very late 4th or early 5th c.

Bibliography

Edition:
Epigraphic Database Bari, no. EDB75, see http://www.edb.uniba.it/epigraph/75

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. 10110.

Record Created By

Paweł Nowakowski

Date of Entry

26/01/2018

Related Saint Records

ID	Name	Name in Source	Identity
S00060	Martyrs, unnamed or name lost		Certain
S01744	Saints, name lost or very partially preserved		Certain

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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

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Fragmentary Latin epitaph for a woman buried probably close to a saint whose name is lost. Found in the lower part of the Cemetery of Callixtus, via Appia, Rome. Probably late 4th - early 5th c.

E04731

Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions

Archaeological and architectural - Internal cult fixtures (crypts, ciboria, etc.)

Burial site of a saint - crypt/ crypt with relics
Burial site of a saint - tomb/grave
Burial site of a saint - cemetery/catacomb

Burial ad sanctos

Women

Source

Discussion

Bibliography

Paweł Nowakowski

26/01/2018

Fragmentary Latin epitaph for a woman buried probably close to a saint whose name is lost. Found in the lower part of the Cemetery of Callixtus, via Appia, Rome. Probably late 4th - early 5th c.

E04731

Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions

Archaeological and architectural - Internal cult fixtures (crypts, ciboria, etc.)

Burial site of a saint - crypt/ crypt with relics Burial site of a saint - tomb/grave Burial site of a saint - cemetery/catacomb

Burial ad sanctos

Women

Source

Discussion

Bibliography

Paweł Nowakowski

26/01/2018

Burial site of a saint - crypt/ crypt with relics
Burial site of a saint - tomb/grave
Burial site of a saint - cemetery/catacomb