Evidence ID
E00913Saint Name
Archangels (unspecified) : S00191Saint Name in Source
ἀρχάγγελοςType of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)Language
GreekEvidence not before
450Evidence not after
650Activity not before
450Activity not after
650Place of Evidence - Region
Asia MinorPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
DorylaionPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Dorylaion
Nicomedia
Νικομήδεια
Nikomēdeia
Izmit
Πραίνετος
Prainetos
NicomediaCult activities - Places
Cult building - unspecifiedCult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs
VowCult Activities - Miracles
Saint aiding or preventing the construction of a cult buildingCult Activities - Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
Women
Other lay individuals/ peopleSource
A piece of marble, reused as a doorstep in a mosque. H. 0.16 m; W. 1.65 m; Th. 0.35 m. Found at Bozüyük near Dorylaion (Phrygia, central Asia Minor).Discussion
This is a building inscription of an unnamed structure, probably a church, dedicated to an archangel. The founders, Ioannes and Konstantina, apparently a married couple, claim that they gathered funds thanks to the Archangel’s generosity. This expression is reminiscent of a popular dedicatory formula τὰ σὰ ἐκ τῶν σῶν σοι προσφέρομεν (thine own from thine own we offer unto thee), common in dedicatory inscriptions and present in the Liturgy of Basil and the Liturgy of John Chrysostom. Normally the formula is, however, referred to God. We recorded one case when it refers to Saint *Theodore (E02966), and other saints.Bibliography
Edition:
von Domaszewski, A., "Inschriften aus Kleinasien", Archäologisch-epigraphische Mitteilungen aus Österreich-Ungarn 7 (1883), 175, no. 20.
Inscriptiones Christianae Graecae database, no. 1421: http://www.epigraph.topoi.org/ica/icamainapp/inscription/show/1421
Further reading:
Halkin, F., "Inscriptions grecques relatives à l'hagiographie, IX, Asie Mineure", Analecta Bollandiana 71 (1953), 97.