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E05293: Small fragment of a Latin inscription just possibly mentioning a saint John, or an ordinary deceased man termed vir sanctus. Found in the cemetery of Cyriaca ad Sanctum Laurentium, via Tiburtina, Rome. Possibly early 6th c.
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posted on 2018-04-06, 00:00 authored by pnowakowski[- - - s(an)]c̅(tu)s̅ I̅o̅h̅(a)n̅(nes)
[- - -]ị̅m̅a̅ se[- - -]
[- - -]II I̅u̅n̅[- - -]
'[- - -] Saint John [- - -]'
Antonio Ferrua suggested that the inscription was an epitaph for an ordinary man, termed vir sanctus / 'saintly man', and tentatively restored the text as follows:
[hic iacet vir s(a)n]c(tus) Ioh(a)n(nes) [... sub die ...] ima sept (possibly followed by the name of the consul Venantius or Boethius the younger, i.e. AD 508 or 510).
Text: ICVR, n.s., VII, no. 17828h = EDB34948.
[- - -]ị̅m̅a̅ se[- - -]
[- - -]II I̅u̅n̅[- - -]
'[- - -] Saint John [- - -]'
Antonio Ferrua suggested that the inscription was an epitaph for an ordinary man, termed vir sanctus / 'saintly man', and tentatively restored the text as follows:
[hic iacet vir s(a)n]c(tus) Ioh(a)n(nes) [... sub die ...] ima sept (possibly followed by the name of the consul Venantius or Boethius the younger, i.e. AD 508 or 510).
Text: ICVR, n.s., VII, no. 17828h = EDB34948.
History
Evidence ID
E05293Saint Name
John (unspecified) : S00043Saint Name in Source
IohannesRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions Archaeological and architectural - Internal cult fixtures (crypts, ciboria, etc.)Language
- Latin
