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E04661: Latin and Greek graffiti with invocations of *Balbina (virgin and martyr of Rome, S01849), naming one of the supplicants her alumnus, of *Xystus/Sixtus II (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00201), and of unnamed 'holy spirits' (presumably martyrs). On a wall at the entrance to the 'crypt of the popes,' Cemetery of Callistus, Via Appia, Rome. Probably second half of the 4th - first half of the 5th c.
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posted on 2018-01-23, 00:00 authored by pnowakowskidomna Balbina pete pro Marcianum alumnu iim(?)
Successum Rufinum Agapitum e[t ---]
sancte Xuste
in mente habeas in ho[rationibus ---]
Succ[es]sum Ru- finu Agapitum
ut quot iter ausi facer[---]
Marcianum
Successum
Severum spirita
sancta in mente
havete et om-
nes fratres nos-
tros
'Lady Balbina, intercede on behalf of Marcianus, your (?) alumnus, Successus, Rufinus, Agapitus, and [- - -].'
'O Saint Xystus, may you keep in mind, in prayers [- - -] Successus, Rufinus, Agapitus, may they depart with courage [- - -]!'
'O holy spirits, keep in mind Marcianus, Successus, Severus, and all our brothers!'
Lines 7-8 overlap a Greek graffito invoking Xystus, accompanied by the name of a certain Vitalis or Vitalicius. Ferrua gives the following text:
Ξύστε, ἐν [- - -] Βι[τ]άλις Β[ιτ]α[λ]ίχις
'O Xystos, in [- - -] Vitalis (or: Vitalichis = Vitalicius)'
Text: ICVR, n.s., IV, no. 9522 = Carletti 2008, 275, no. 174c (only line 1).
Successum Rufinum Agapitum e[t ---]
sancte Xuste
in mente habeas in ho[rationibus ---]
Succ[es]sum Ru- finu Agapitum
ut quot iter ausi facer[---]
Marcianum
Successum
Severum spirita
sancta in mente
havete et om-
nes fratres nos-
tros
'Lady Balbina, intercede on behalf of Marcianus, your (?) alumnus, Successus, Rufinus, Agapitus, and [- - -].'
'O Saint Xystus, may you keep in mind, in prayers [- - -] Successus, Rufinus, Agapitus, may they depart with courage [- - -]!'
'O holy spirits, keep in mind Marcianus, Successus, Severus, and all our brothers!'
Lines 7-8 overlap a Greek graffito invoking Xystus, accompanied by the name of a certain Vitalis or Vitalicius. Ferrua gives the following text:
Ξύστε, ἐν [- - -] Βι[τ]άλις Β[ιτ]α[λ]ίχις
'O Xystos, in [- - -] Vitalis (or: Vitalichis = Vitalicius)'
Text: ICVR, n.s., IV, no. 9522 = Carletti 2008, 275, no. 174c (only line 1).
History
Evidence ID
E04661Saint Name
Xystus/Sixtus II, bishop and martyr of Rome : S00201 Balbina, virgin and martyr of Rome : S01849 Saints, unnamed : S00518Saint Name in Source
Xustus, Ξύστος Balbina spirita sanctaRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Graffiti Archaeological and architectural - Internal cult fixtures (crypts, ciboria, etc.)Language
- Greek