Small fragment of a Latin inscription mentioning 'saints.' Possibly referring to a burial ad sanctos, or an epitaph for local martyrs. Found in the lower part of the Cemetery of Callixtus, via Appia, Rome. Probably 5th c.
Evidence ID
E04736
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
Archaeological and architectural - Cult buildings (churches, mausolea)
[- - - san]c̅(t)o̅rum [- - -]
[- - -]
'[- - -] of the saints [- - -].'
Text: ICVR, n.s., IV, no. 10356.f = EDB40970.
Cult PlacesBurial site of a saint - crypt/ crypt with relics
Non Liturgical ActivityBurial ad sanctos
Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
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 ActivityBurial ad sanctos
Ceremonies at burial of a saint
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesOther lay individuals/ people
Source
Fragment of a marble plaque, broken and lost on all sides. H. 0.115 m; W. 0.23 m; Th. unknown. Letter height 0.05 m. A vertical line, marking an abbreviation, is clearly visible in the drawing, above the first preserved letters CO.First recorded by Giovanni Battista de Rossi near cubiculum Al in the lower part of the Cemetery of Callixtus. First published by Antontio Ferrua in 1964 from a squeeze by de Rossi.
Discussion
The inscription probably comes from an epitaph which referred to saints. It may have marked a burial in proximity of the tomb of some saints or martyrs, or this was the epitaph for local martyrs.Dating: Marida Pierno (in EDB) dates the inscriptions to the 5th c.
Bibliography
Edition:Epigraphic Database Bari, no. EDB40970, see http://www.edb.uniba.it/epigraph/40970
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. 10356f.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
27/01/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00060 | Martyrs, unnamed or name lost | sancti | Certain | S00518 | Saints, unnamed | sancti | Certain | S01744 | Saints, name lost or very partially preserved | sancti | Certain |
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