Evidence ID
E04647Saint Name
Saints, unnamed : S00518Saint Name in Source
santiType of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptionsEvidence not before
200Evidence not after
300Activity not before
200Activity not after
300Place of Evidence - Region
Rome and regionPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
Suburban catacombs and cemeteriesPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Suburban catacombs and cemeteries
Rome
Rome
Roma
Ῥώμη
RhōmēCult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs
Prayer/supplication/invocationCult Activities - Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
WomenSource
Marble plaque. H. 0.36 m; W. 0.39 m; Th. 0.04 m. Letter height 0.04-0.045 m.
Found in area Z5 in the 'crypt of Saint Cornelius', in the Cemetery of Callistus. First published by Margherita Guarducci in 1958. Republished by Antonio Ferrua in 1964.Discussion
The inscription is an epitaph for an ordinary woman. The saints mentioned in line 4 are probably the general community of all the redeemed Christians rather than any specific saints or martyrs.
Dating: The inscription is dated to the 3rd c. by Antonio Felle in EDB. The formula used in the inscription is characteristic of early Christian epitaphs.Bibliography
Edition:
Epigraphic Database Bari, no. EDB21199, see http://www.edb.uniba.it/epigraph/21199
De Rossi, G.B., Ferrua, A. (eds.) Inscriptiones Christianae Urbis Romae Septimo Saeculo Antiquiores, n.s., vol. 4: Coemeteria inter Vias Appiam et Ardeatinam (Vatican: Pont. Institutum Archaeologiae Christianae, 1964), no. 9451.
Guarducci, M., I graffiti sotto la Confessione di San Pietro in Vaticano, vol. 1 (Città del Vaticano: Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1958), 365.