Evidence ID
E08256
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Inscribed objects
+ Hic reliquiae
beati Petri apost(o)l(i),
et s(an)c(t)orum Felicis
et Vincenti martyr(um)
'+ Here are relics of the blessed Peter the Apostle, and of the holy martyrs Felix and Vincentius'.
Text: Duval 1982, no. 87.
Relics
Bodily relic - unspecified
Source
Block of white marble found in 1896 three kilometres from Calama. Now in the Louvre (inv. no. 3343). Dimensions: H. 40; W. 62; Th. 23. Letters 4 cm high.The block is by all probability the lid for a pink marble chest which was found nearby.
S. Gsell suggested a date for the inscription to the Byzantine period, because of the form of the initial cross. The letter-forms also suggest a late date.
Discussion
A Felix and a Vincentius feature amongst the many *Martyrs of Abitina (see E07672). But there is no reason why these two (with Vincentius only a minor character in the story) would be singled out here. It is more likely that the martyrs mentioned in our inscription, whose relics were being kept with relics of the Apostle Peter, were two Spanish saints: Vincentius, deacon and martyr of Zaragoza and Valencia, and Felix, martyr of Gerona. In the case of Vincentius we can be confident of the identification, as there is good evidence of his veneration in Africa (particularly in the sermons of Augustine). The identification of Felix is less certain; and it is possible that our martyr was not Felix of Gerona, but one of the several Felixes who were martyrs of Italy.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, 179-180, no. 87.
Images
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From Y. Duval 1982, no. 87
Record Created By
Stanisłąw Adamiak
Date of Entry
29/11/2021
| ID | Name | Name in Source | Identity | S00000 | Felix, priest and confessor of Nola | Felix | Uncertain | S00036 | Peter, the Apostle | Petrus apostolus | Certain | S00290 | Vincentius/Vincent, deacon and martyr of Zaragoza and Valencia | Vincentius | Uncertain | S00408 | Felix, martyr of Gerona | Felix | Uncertain | S00609 | Nabor and Felix, brothers, soldiers and martyrs, buried in Milan | Felix | Uncertain | S01164 | Felix and Fortunatus, brothers, martyrs of Aquileia and Vicenza | Felix | Uncertain | S02529 | Martyrs of Abitina, killed in Carthage | Felix, Vincentius | Uncertain |
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