The Latin inscription commemorating the relics of *Marculus (Donatist bishop and martyr, ob. 347, S00618). Found at present-day Ksar el Kelb (Proconsularis, central North Africa).
Evidence ID
E07131
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
Memoria do
mni Marchuli
'Memory of Lord Marculus'
Text: Y. Duval, no. 75.
Translation: Stanisław Adamiak
Source
In 1933, a basilica was excavated in Ksar el Kelb. Next to its southern wall, a small monument was found, consisting of a small stone vase surrounded by slabs. On one of them (1.15 m per 48 cm) the inscription was found with regular letters (3.5 to 4.5 cm). The inscription was lost after 1936.Discussion
The inscription is an unequivocal proof for the cult of *Marculus, one of the best known Donatist martyrs. Another inscription, on the keystone to an itnernal arch, says “Deo laudes h(ic) omnes dicamu(s)”, confirming the Donatist character of the basilica (the expression "Deo laudes" was used mainly, although not exclusively, by the Donatists).Bibliography
Edition and discussion:Duval, Y., Loca sanctorum Africae: Le culte des martyrs en Afrique du IVe au VIIe siècle (Rome: École Française de Rome, 1982), vol. 1, 158-159, no. 75.
Further reading:
Cayrel, P., "Une basilique donatiste de Numidie," Mélanges de l'école française de Rome 51 (1934), 114-142.
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From Y. Duval 1982, no. 75
Record Created By
Date of Entry
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00618 | Marculus, Donatist bishop and martyr in Africa, ob. 347 | Marchulus | Certain |
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