Latin graffiti, probably invoking *Alexander (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00127). Found in the cemetery of Saint Alexander on the via Nomentana, Rome. Probably 5th or later. [provisional entry]
Evidence ID
E07472
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Graffiti
Graffito A:
On a piece of plaster measuring 14 cm x 27 cm. Letter height 5 cm. Now lost
[Al]exander
Graffito B:
On a piece of plaster, now lost and lacking a precise description. Just possibly identical with ICVR, n.s., VIII, no. 22989 (see E07476).
... Alex[ander]
Text: ICVR, n.s., VIII, no. 22960 = EDB41550 and EDB41551.
Cult PlacesBurial site of a saint - crypt/ crypt with relics
Non Liturgical ActivityPrayer/supplication/invocation
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
Pilgrimage
Visiting graves and shrines
Source
These pieces of plaster were found in the cemetery of *Alexander, but their find-spots are poorly described. According to C.L. Visconti, the piece with Graffito A was found 'in an oratory' in 1854. Graffito B is reported by Armellini, who also noted the presence of other (unrecorded) invocations.Discussion
Notably, Alexander is here apparently invoked without his companions, Eventius and Theodolus.Bibliography
Edition:Epigraphic Database Bari, no. EDB41550.
see http://www.edb.uniba.it/epigraph/41550
Epigraphic Database Bari, no. EDB41551.
see http://www.edb.uniba.it/epigraph/41551
De Rossi, G.B., Ferrua, A. (eds.) Inscriptiones Christianae Urbis Romae Septimo Saeculo Antiquiores, n.s., vol. 8: Coemeteria viarum Nomentanae et Salariae (Vatican: Pont. Institutum Archaeologiae Christianae, 1983), no. 22960 (with further bibliography).
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
24/03/2019
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00127 | Alexander, Eventius and Theodolus, bishop, priest and deacon, martyrs of Rome | Alexander | Certain |
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