An inscribed stone records the foundation of the 'basilica' at the monastery of Jarrow (north-east Britain), dedicated to *Paul (the Apostle, S00008). Written in Latin at Jarrow, 23 April 685.
Evidence ID
E07387
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
Cramp et al., Appendix A1
Xp DEDICATIO BASILICAE
SCI PAULI VIIII KL MAI
ANNO XV [E]CFRIDI R[EG]
C[EOL]FRIDI ABB EIVSDEM{Q}
EC[C]LES DO AVCTORE
CO[ND]ITORIS ANNO IIII
'⳩ The dedication of the basilica of Saint Paul on the 9th day before the Kalends of May [23 April] in the 15th year of King Ecgfrith; the 4th year of Abbot Ceolfrith, founder, by the guidance of God, of the same church.'
Text and translation: Cramp et al. 2005, i. 365-6 (lightly modified).
Cult PlacesMonastery
Non Liturgical ActivityEcclesiastics - abbots
Cult building - monastic
Places Named after SaintMonastery
Church
Non Liturgical ActivityConstruction of cult buildings
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesEcclesiastics - abbots
Monarchs and their family
Source
An anonymous twelfth-century Whitby source claimed that the monks of Winchcombe or Evesham had discovered the stone among the ruins of the early medieval site: it is now set in church's tower arch. 'Modern scholarly opinion is united in accepting the epigraphy as consistent with the recorded date of c. 685' (Cramp, et al., 2005, i. 365-6).Discussion
Note that the dedication stone makes no claims to any association or co-dedication of the church with that of St Peter's, Wearmouth, to which Jarrow would later become closely tied (see further Grocock and Wood, xxv-xxxii).Bibliography
Edition and discussionR. Cramp, et al., Wearmouth and Jarrow Monastic Sites, 2 vols (Swindon, 2005), i. 365-6.
Further reading
Abbots of Wearmouth and Jarrow, ed. and trans. C. Grocock and I.N. Wood (Oxford, 2013).
Record Created By
Benjamin Savill
Date of Entry
06/02/2019
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00008 | Paul, the Apostle | Paulus | Certain |
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