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 12th c. 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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