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E05813: Agnellus of Ravenna, in his Liber Pontificalis Ecclesiae Ravennatis, written in Latin, quotes a 6th c. Latin inscription from a monasterium dedicated to *Matthew (Apostle and Evangelist, S00791). He claims this monasterium and another, dedicated to *James (the Apostle, son of Zebedee, S00108), were founded in Classe (near Ravenna, northern Italy) in 557/570. Account written in Ravenna in 830/846.
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posted on 2018-06-19, 00:00 authored by francesAgnellus of Ravenna, Liber Pontificalis Ecclesiae Ravennatis 91
Monasteria uero in ciuitate Classis, quae lateribus fonti que ecclesiae Petrianae iuncta sunt, sancti Matthei apostoli et Iacobi, ipse tessellis ornari iussit. Et inuenietis in camera tribunae apostoli Matthei continente ita:
Saluo domno papa Agnello. De donis Dei et seruorum eius, qui obtulerunt ad honorem et ornatus sanctorum apostolorum, et reliqua pars de summa seruorum qui perierant et Deo auctore inuenti sunt, haec absida musiuo exornata est.
‘Indeed he [Agnellus, Bishop of Ravenna, 557-570] ordered that the monasteria of St Matthew the apostle and St James, which are joined to the sides of the baptistry of the Petriana church in the city of Classe, be decorated with mosaic. And you will see in the apse of the apostle Matthew the following:
By our holy lord father Agnellus. This apse has been decorated in mosaic from the gifts of God and of his servants, who have given them for the honor and adornment of the holy apostles, and the remaining part was decorated from the sum of the servants who had been lost and were found with the aid of God’.
Text: Deliyannis 2006. Translation: Deliyannis 2004.
Monasteria uero in ciuitate Classis, quae lateribus fonti que ecclesiae Petrianae iuncta sunt, sancti Matthei apostoli et Iacobi, ipse tessellis ornari iussit. Et inuenietis in camera tribunae apostoli Matthei continente ita:
Saluo domno papa Agnello. De donis Dei et seruorum eius, qui obtulerunt ad honorem et ornatus sanctorum apostolorum, et reliqua pars de summa seruorum qui perierant et Deo auctore inuenti sunt, haec absida musiuo exornata est.
‘Indeed he [Agnellus, Bishop of Ravenna, 557-570] ordered that the monasteria of St Matthew the apostle and St James, which are joined to the sides of the baptistry of the Petriana church in the city of Classe, be decorated with mosaic. And you will see in the apse of the apostle Matthew the following:
By our holy lord father Agnellus. This apse has been decorated in mosaic from the gifts of God and of his servants, who have given them for the honor and adornment of the holy apostles, and the remaining part was decorated from the sum of the servants who had been lost and were found with the aid of God’.
Text: Deliyannis 2006. Translation: Deliyannis 2004.
History
Evidence ID
E05813Saint Name
James, the Apostle, son of Zebedee : S00108 Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist : S00791Saint Name in Source
Iacobus MattheusRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Literary - Other narrative texts (including Histories) Inscriptions - Inscribed architectural elementsLanguage
- Latin