Two small fragments of a Latin inscription, probably an epitaph, recording the name of 'saint Clemens' (S01813) in the genitive case. Found in the ager Veranus, and probably from the cemetery of Cyriaca ad Sanctum Laurentium, via Tiburtina, Rome. Probably 4th c.
Evidence ID
E05314
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
Archaeological and architectural - Internal cult fixtures (crypts, ciboria, etc.)
[- - - tituli] s(an)c̅(t)i̅ Cl[em]entis [- - -]
'[- - - of the titulus] of Saint Clemens [- - -]'
Text: ICVR, n.s., VII, no. 19605c and c' = EDB31017.
Cult Places
Cult building - independent (church)
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesEcclesiastics - lesser clergy
Source
Two non-conjoining fragments of a marble plaque. Broken and lost on all sides. Preserved dimensions: 1) H. 0.31 m, W. 0.20 m, Th. 0.04 m; 2) H. 0.30 m, W. 0.29 m, Th. 0.04 m. Letter height 0.05-0.06 m.The fragments are now in the Vatican Museums, in the Lapidario Cristiano ex Lateranense. Reportedly found in the ager Veranus near the cemetery of Cyriaca ad Sanctum Laurentium, on the via Tiburtina.
A transcription appears in the archive of Giovanni Battista de Rossi. A photograph was first published by Orazio Marucchi in 1910. The first proper edition was offered in 1980 by Antonio Ferrua.
Discussion
The two fragments, very plausibly assembled, appear to record a cleric of the titulus-church of Clemens, a 4th c. foundation, located on the Lateran Hill. Although probably named after a lay founder, named Clemens, at an early date it became associated with *Clemens/Clement, the bishop of Rome and martyr of the Crimea (S00111). It was mentioned by Jerome in 392 (see E07904), who already associated it with the bishop and martyr.For another inscription recording this titulus-church, found in the same cemetery, see E05329.
Dating: The editors of the Epigraphic Database Bari date the inscription to the 4th c.
Bibliography
Edition:Epigraphic Database Bari, nos. EDB31017, see http://www.edb.uniba.it/epigraph/31017
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. 19605c and c'.
Marucchi, O., I monumenti del Museo cristiano Pio-Lateranense riprodotti in atlante di xcvi tavole, con testo illustrativo (Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1910), Tav. LXVI, no. 8.
Images
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From: ICVR, n.s., VII, 353.
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00111 | Clemens/Clement, bishop of Rome, martyr of the Crimea | Clemens | Uncertain |
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