Latin epitaph describing the deceased as resting 'in peace, with the saints', possibly referring to a burial ad sanctos. Now lost, but seen in the cemeteries on the via Salaria, Rome. Probably late 3rd/early 4th c. [provisional entry]
Evidence ID
E07514
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
Anas-
tasi in
pace cum
sanctis
1-2. Anastasi may be G. sing. of Anastasius, although one would expect here a nomintaive form, e.g. Anastasi(a), or Anastasi(us)
'(The tomb) of Anastasius. (?) In peace, with the saints.'
Text: ICVR, n.s., IX, no. 23791 = EDB14289.
Cult PlacesBurial site of a saint - crypt/ crypt with relics
Non Liturgical ActivityPrayer/supplication/invocation
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesWomen
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
Burial ad sanctos
Protagonists in Cult and NarrativesWomen
Other lay individuals/ people
Source
There is no published description of the stone. Now lost. First recorded in the 17th c. by Vito Maria Giovinazzi in a sand pit (arenarium) of the Catacombs of Priscilla on the via Salaria. In 1791 seen by Luigi Gaetano Marini in the Cemetery of Saints Thraso and Saturninus, likewise on the via Salaria.Discussion
The expression cum sanctis may refer to a burial ad sanctos, or a conviction that the deceased would be admitted to the eternal glory with the ‘saints’, i.e. all the redeemed Christians, in Heavens.It is not clear whether the name of the deceased was Anastasius or Anastasia.
The editors of the Epigraphic Database Bari date the inscription to the late 3rd or early 4th c.
Bibliography
Edition:Epigraphic Database Bari, no. EDB14289.
see http://www.edb.uniba.it/epigraph/14289
De Rossi, G.B., Ferrua, A., Mazzoleni, D. (eds.), Inscriptiones Christianae Urbis Romae Septimo Saeculo Antiquiores, n.s., vol. 9: Viae Salariae coemeteria reliqua (Vatican: Pont. Institutum Archaeologiae Christianae, 1985), no. 23791 (with further bibliography).
Record Created By
Paweł Nowakowski
Date of Entry
06/04/2019
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00518 | Saints, unnamed | sancti | Certain |
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