Latin inscription with reference to relics of *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030); also a second fragmentary inscription with reference to a martyr or martyrs. Both found in the episcopal complex of Bulla Regia (Proconsularis, central North Africa), 5th/7th c.
Evidence ID
E08160
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)
Hic reli-
quiae s(an)c(t)i
Stephan[i]
'Here [are] relics of the holy Stephen'
Text: Duval 1982, no. 43.
Translation: Stanisław Adamiak.
Relics
Unspecified relic
Source
Fragment of a small marble plaque (24 x 20 cm), broken on the right side, found in 1954 in the episcopal complex of Bulla Regia..The date of the inscription is uncertain, but it must postdate the arrival of relics of Stephen in Africa in 416.
Duval also publishes a fragmentary second inscription from the same complex, with very different letter-forms, with a clear reference to a martyr (or martyrs), and perhaps (if the surviving word in the first line is correctly reconstructed as 'Hic') also referring to relics.
The current location of both inscription was recorded by Duval as unknown.
Bibliography
Edition and commentary:Duval, Y., Loca sanctorum Africae: Le culte des martyrs en Afrique du IVe au VIIe siècle (Rome: École Française de Rome, 1982), vol. 1, 94-95, no. 43.
Images
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From Y. Duval 1982, no. 43
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From Y. Duval 1982, no. 43
Record Created By
Stanisław Adamiak
Date of Entry
05/08/2021
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00030 | Stephen, the First Martyr | Stephanus | Certain |
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