E00865: Multiple fragments of a Greek dedicatory inscription, probably commemorating the consecration of a church of the Apostles: *Peter (S00036), possibly *Paul (S00008), *Andrew (S00288), probably *Philip (S00109), probably *Thomas (S00199), *John (S00042); others are perhaps also named. Found at Side (Pamphylia, southern Asia Minor). Probably mid-6th c.
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ἐπ[ὶ Κό]̣νωνο[ς τοῦ ἁγιω]τάτου
κα[ὶ εὐ]̣λαβ̣ε[στάτου ἀρχ]ιεπισκό[που]
ἡμῶν ἰ̣ν[δικτιῶνος . . σπουδῇ καὶ προνοίᾳ]
τῶν λιν[ουργῶν - - - εἰς τιμὴν τῶν]
ἁγίων κ̣α[ὶ ἐνδόξων] ἀποστό[λων]
Πέτρου, [Παύλου, Ἀν]δρέου, Φ[ιλίππου,]
̣Θ[ωμᾶ, - - - - - Ἰωά]ννου [- - - - -]
]το[
2-3. + ἐ[πὶ τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου καὶ - - - ἀρχι]|επ[ισκόπου Nollé || 4. ἰ̣ν[δικτιῶνι Nollé Feissel
'+ This [holy] house (i.e church) was consecrated under our most holy and most reverent archbishop Konon in the [. .] indiction, [by the zeal and under the supervision] of the linen [weavers, for the glory of the] holy and [glorious] Apostles: Peter, [Paul], Andrew, Philip, Thomas, [- - - John - - -].'
Text: I. Side, no. 183, the fragments were set in this order, with hypothetical completions, by Denis Feissel in CEByz, 359.
ἐπ[ὶ Κό]̣νωνο[ς τοῦ ἁγιω]τάτου
κα[ὶ εὐ]̣λαβ̣ε[στάτου ἀρχ]ιεπισκό[που]
ἡμῶν ἰ̣ν[δικτιῶνος . . σπουδῇ καὶ προνοίᾳ]
τῶν λιν[ουργῶν - - - εἰς τιμὴν τῶν]
ἁγίων κ̣α[ὶ ἐνδόξων] ἀποστό[λων]
Πέτρου, [Παύλου, Ἀν]δρέου, Φ[ιλίππου,]
̣Θ[ωμᾶ, - - - - - Ἰωά]ννου [- - - - -]
]το[
2-3. + ἐ[πὶ τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου καὶ - - - ἀρχι]|επ[ισκόπου Nollé || 4. ἰ̣ν[δικτιῶνι Nollé Feissel
'+ This [holy] house (i.e church) was consecrated under our most holy and most reverent archbishop Konon in the [. .] indiction, [by the zeal and under the supervision] of the linen [weavers, for the glory of the] holy and [glorious] Apostles: Peter, [Paul], Andrew, Philip, Thomas, [- - - John - - -].'
Text: I. Side, no. 183, the fragments were set in this order, with hypothetical completions, by Denis Feissel in CEByz, 359.
History
Evidence ID
E00865Saint Name
Peter the Apostle : S00036 Paul, the Apostle : S00008 Andrew, the Apostle : S00288 Philip the Apostle, ob. 1st c. : S00109 Thomas, the Apostle : S00199 John the Evangelist : S00042 Apostles (unspecified) : S00084Saint Name in Source
Πέτρος [Παῦλος] [Ἀν]δρέας Φ[ίλιππος] Θ[ωμᾶς] [Ἰωά]ννηςRelated Saint Records
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Peter_the_Apostle/13729195
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Philip_the_Apostle/13729408
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Thomas_the_Apostle/13729666
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Paul_the_Apostle/13729135
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/John_the_Apostle_and_Evangelist/13729210
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Andrew_the_Apostle/13729909
- https://oxford.figshare.com/articles/Apostles_unnamed_or_name_lost/13729342
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)Language
- Greek
Evidence not before
520Evidence not after
540Activity not before
520Activity not after
540Place of Evidence - Region
Asia MinorPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
SidePlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Side Nicomedia Νικομήδεια Nikomēdeia Izmit Πραίνετος Prainetos NicomediaCult activities - Liturgical Activity
- Ceremony of dedication