Very fragmentary Latin inscription, possibly invoking *Laurence/Laurentius (deacon and martyr of Rome, S00037), and mentioning a bishop. Found in the ager Veranus, via Tiburtina, Rome. Probably from the cemetery of Cyriaca. Probably 4th c.
Evidence ID
E05309
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
Archaeological and architectural - Internal cult fixtures (crypts, ciboria, etc.)
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[- - -]..[- - - - - - - - - - - -]
[- - -] ex prẹ[fectis? - - -]
[- - -]antae [- - - - - - - - ]
[- - - aeter?]ṇalibus [- - -]
[- - - sancte L]aurent[i - ]
[- - - sub] episc[opo - - ]
[- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ]
2. ex prefectis or ex presidibus: Ferrua || 4. [aeter]nalibus: Ferrua after Marucchi || 5. [sancte L]aurenti: Ferrua after Marucchi || 6. sub episc[opo]: Ferrua after Marucchi
'[- - -] former prefects (?) [- - -] to/by eternal [- - - O Saint] Laurentius [- - - under] bishop [- - -]'
Text: ICVR, n.s., VII, no. 18996B = EDB29858.
Cult PlacesBurial site of a saint - crypt/ crypt with relics
Non Liturgical Activity
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 ActivityPrayer/supplication/invocation
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesEcclesiastics - bishops
Source
Fragment of a marble plaque, broken and lost on all sides. Preserved dimensions: H. 0.335 m; W. 0.17 m; Th. 0.06 m. Letter height 0.04 m.The fragment was found in the ager Veranus by Orazio Marucchi, and taken to the Musei Capitolini. According to the editors of the Epigraphic Database Bari, it is now displayed there in Aula Cristiana I.
First published in 1980 as a drawing by Antonio Ferrua, with a discussion on possible completions.
Discussion
In line 5, the name Laurentius was very plausibly restored by Ferrua using unpublished notes by Marucchi. Ferrua, however, warns that the identification of this person as Laurentius, the deacon and martyr of Rome, is very tentative, and that other restorations are also possible.Dating: The inscription is dated by the editors of the EDB to the 4th c.
Bibliography
Edition:Epigraphic Database Bari, nos. EDB29858, see http://www.edb.uniba.it/epigraph/29858
De Rossi, G.B., Ferrua, A. (eds.), Inscriptiones Christianae Urbis Romae Septimo Saeculo Antiquiores, n.s., vol. 7: Coemeteria via Tiburtinae (Vatican: Pont. Institutum Archaeologiae Christianae, 1980), no. 18996b.
Images
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From: ICVR, n.s., VII, 267.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
11/04/2018
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00037 | Laurence/Laurentius, deacon and martyr of Rome | Laurentius | Uncertain |
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