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Latin epitaph for a woman, expressing her wish of eternal life 'in the name of Peter' (the Apostle, S00036). Now lost, but probably displayed in the Cemetery of Priscilla, or elsewhere on the via Salaria, Rome. Probably second half of the 4th c. [provisional entry; description needed]

Evidence ID

E07493

Type of Evidence

Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions

Ruta omnibus subdita et atfabi-
lis bibet in nomine Petri
in pace ☧

'Ruta, obedient to everyone and kind. May she live in the name of Peter, in peace. (christogram)'

Text: ICVR, n.s., VIII, no. 23266 = EDB35120. Transl. P. Nowakowski.

Cult Places

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 Activity

Prayer/supplication/invocation

Miracles

Miraculous protection - other

Protagonists in Cult and Narratives

Women

Source

Description needed. Tentatively ascribed to the cemetery of Prisicilla on the via Salaria by Antonio Ferrua.

Discussion

Antonio Ferrua points out that similar phrases occur in the following epitaphs: ILCV 2233 (= $EXXXX): '[v]ivas in nomine Laurenti', ILCV 2098 (=EXXXXX): 'i(n) nomine martur[orum]', ICVR III 7283: 'vivis in nomine Christi', ICVR III 7066: '[viva]s in nomen De[i]'.

Dating: The editors of the Epigraphic Database Bari date the inscription to the second half of the fourth century.

Bibliography

Edition:
Epigraphic Database Bari, no. EDB35120.
see http://www.edb.uniba.it/epigraph/35120

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. 23266 (with further bibliography) and additional notes on p. 468.

Record Created By

Paweł Nowakowski

Date of Entry

30/03/2019

Related Saint Records

ID	Name	Name in Source	Identity
S00036	Peter, the Apostle	Petrus	Certain

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Latin epitaph for a woman, expressing her wish of eternal life 'in the name of Peter' (the Apostle, S00036). Now lost, but probably displayed in the Cemetery of Priscilla, or elsewhere on the via Salaria, Rome. Probably second half of the 4th c. [provisional entry; description needed]

E07493

Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions

Burial site of a saint - crypt/ crypt with relics
Burial site of a saint - tomb/grave
Burial site of a saint - cemetery/catacomb

Prayer/supplication/invocation

Miraculous protection - other

Women

Source

Discussion

Bibliography

Paweł Nowakowski

30/03/2019

Latin epitaph for a woman, expressing her wish of eternal life 'in the name of Peter' (the Apostle, S00036). Now lost, but probably displayed in the Cemetery of Priscilla, or elsewhere on the via Salaria, Rome. Probably second half of the 4th c. [provisional entry; description needed]

E07493

Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions

Burial site of a saint - crypt/ crypt with relics Burial site of a saint - tomb/grave Burial site of a saint - cemetery/catacomb

Prayer/supplication/invocation

Miraculous protection - other

Women

Source

Discussion

Bibliography

Paweł Nowakowski

30/03/2019

Burial site of a saint - crypt/ crypt with relics
Burial site of a saint - tomb/grave
Burial site of a saint - cemetery/catacomb