Evidence ID
E00728Saint Name
Sergios, martyr in Syria, ob. 303-311 : S00023
Bakchos, martyr in Barbalissos (Syria), ob. c. 303-311 : S00079Saint Name in Source
Σέργιος
ΒάκχοςType of Evidence
Inscriptions - Inscribed architectural elements
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)Language
GreekEvidence not before
400Evidence not after
800Activity not before
400Activity not after
800Place of Evidence - Region
Asia MinorPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
ManisaPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Manisa
Nicomedia
Νικομήδεια
Nikomēdeia
Izmit
Πραίνετος
Prainetos
NicomediaCult activities - Places
Cult building - unspecifiedSource
The capital was reused in the wall of the mosque Hatuniye Cami in Manisa (near the site of the ancient Magnesia ad Sipylum). Joseph Keil and Anton von Premerstein found it in 1906; later seen by Fritz Gschnitzer in 1954 and 1955.
H. 0.275 m
W. 0.59 mDiscussion
The names of saints are mentioned in the genitive case which indicates that they were patrons of the building, probably a church, owning the discussed column.Bibliography
Edition:
Tituli Asiae Minoris V/2 1394
Further Reading:
Destephen, S., "Martyrs locaux et cultes civiques en Asie Mineure", in: J.C. Caillet, S. Destephen, B. Dumézil, H. Inglebert, Des dieux civiques aux saints patrons (IVe-VIIe siècle) (Paris: éditions A. & J. Picard, 2015), 87.
Reference works:
Chroniques d'épigraphie byzantine, 256