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E07862: Epitaph of Dinamius of Marseille and his wife Eucheria, buried in a church or chapel dedicated to *Hippolytus (martyr of Rome, S00509). Written in Latin in southern Gaul, c. 605.
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posted on 2020-03-11, 00:00 authored by dlambertEpitaph of Dinamius and Eucheria
The opening verses of the epitaph:
Coniugii dulcis hoc est commune sepulchrum,
Quod nec post fatum liquit amicus amor.
Quos pietate pares etiam post funera iunctos
Vnus et affectus et locus unus habet.
Dinamius hic nam, pariter Eucheria coniunx 5
Martyris Yppoliti limina sancta tenent.
This is the common tomb of a sweet marriage,
Which kind love did not leave even after death.
The ones joined equally in love even after death
Are held by both one affection and one place.
For this man Dinamius, and likewise his wife Eucheria,
Possess the sacred threshold of the martyr Yppolitus.
6. Hippolyti Peiper
The epitaph has 22 lines in total. The remainder praises the nobility and piety of Dinamius and his wife, and lists the offices Dinamius held. It is stated that Dinamius died at the age of fifty and that his wife outlived him by ten years (ll. 13-16), and that the epitaph was composed by his grandson, also called Dinamius (l. 22).
Text: Peiper 1883, 194, modified. Translation: David Lambert.
The opening verses of the epitaph:
Coniugii dulcis hoc est commune sepulchrum,
Quod nec post fatum liquit amicus amor.
Quos pietate pares etiam post funera iunctos
Vnus et affectus et locus unus habet.
Dinamius hic nam, pariter Eucheria coniunx 5
Martyris Yppoliti limina sancta tenent.
This is the common tomb of a sweet marriage,
Which kind love did not leave even after death.
The ones joined equally in love even after death
Are held by both one affection and one place.
For this man Dinamius, and likewise his wife Eucheria,
Possess the sacred threshold of the martyr Yppolitus.
6. Hippolyti Peiper
The epitaph has 22 lines in total. The remainder praises the nobility and piety of Dinamius and his wife, and lists the offices Dinamius held. It is stated that Dinamius died at the age of fifty and that his wife outlived him by ten years (ll. 13-16), and that the epitaph was composed by his grandson, also called Dinamius (l. 22).
Text: Peiper 1883, 194, modified. Translation: David Lambert.
History
Evidence ID
E07862Saint Name
Hippolytus, martyr of Rome : S00509Saint Name in Source
YppolitusRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions Literary - PoemsLanguage
- Latin