Evidence ID
E04737Saint Name
Saints, unnamed : S00518
Martyrs, unnamed or name lost : S00060Saint Name in Source
ἅγιοι
ἅγιοιType of Evidence
Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions
Archaeological and architectural - Internal cult fixtures (crypts, ciboria, etc.)Evidence not before
275Evidence not after
300Activity not before
275Activity 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 - 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
Right-hand fragment of a large marble plaque. Broken into three conjoining fragments. Preserved dimensions: H. 0.37 m; W. 0.96 m; Th. 0.055 m. Letter height 0.04 m.
First recorded by Joseph Wilpert in cubiculum Ci in the lower part of the cemetery of Callistus. Published by Wilpert in 1910. Revisited by Antonio Ferrua and republished by him in 1964.Discussion
The inscription is an epitaph which says that the deceased was buried 'with the saints.' These saints may be the general community of all the redeemed Christian. On the other hand, the inscription may refer to the closeness of martyrs' burials.
Dating: Antonio Felle (in EDB) dates the inscriptions to the last quarter of the 3rd c.Bibliography
Edition:
Epigraphic Database Bari, no. EDB3724, see http://www.edb.uniba.it/epigraph/3724
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. 10552 and Tab. XIIIb 4.
Wilpert, J., La Cripta dei Papi e la cappella di Sainta Cecilia ne cimetero di Callisto (Rome: Desclée & C., 1910), 63, fig. 40.
