Evidence ID
E04736Saint Name
Saints, unnamed : S00518
Martyrs, unnamed or name lost : S00060
Saints, name lost or very partially preserved : S01744Saint Name in Source
sancti
sancti
sanctiType of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
Archaeological and architectural - Cult buildings (churches, mausolea)Evidence not before
400Evidence not after
500Activity not before
400Activity not after
500Place 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 - Places
Burial site of a saint - crypt/ crypt with relicsCult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs
Burial ad sanctosCult Activities - Protagonists in Cult and Narratives
Other lay individuals/ peopleSource
Fragment of a marble plaque, broken and lost on all sides. H. 0.115 m; W. 0.23 m; Th. unknown. Letter height 0.05 m. A vertical line, marking an abbreviation, is clearly visible in the drawing, above the first preserved letters CO.
First recorded by Giovanni Battista de Rossi near cubiculum Al in the lower part of the Cemetery of Callistus. First published by Antontio Ferrua in 1964 from a squeeze by de Rossi.Discussion
The inscription probably comes from an epitaph which referred to saints. It may have marked a burial in proximity of the tomb of some saints or martyrs, or this was the epitaph for local martyrs.
Dating: Marida Pierno (in EDB) dates the inscriptions to the 5th c.Bibliography
Edition:
Epigraphic Database Bari, no. EDB40970, see http://www.edb.uniba.it/epigraph/40970
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. 10356f.
