E05311: Fragmentary Latin epitaph saying that the deceased enjoys the company of unnamed saints in her afterlife. Found in the cemetery of Cyriaca ad Sanctum Laurentium, via Tiburtina, Rome. Probably 5th c.

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posted on 2018-04-11, 00:00 authored by pnowakowski

[- - - - - - - - - - -]
e Proci[- - - - - - - ]
vixit an[nis - - - - -]
d(iebus) III qua[escit]
in pace [cum]
sanct[is]

2. Procilla or Proclina Ferrua

'[- - -] Procilla (?) lived [- - -] years, 3 days. Reposes in peace [with] the saints.'

Text: ICVR, n.s., VII, no. 19224.

History

Evidence ID

E05311

Saint Name

Martyrs, unnamed or name lost : S00060 Saints, unnamed : S00518

Related Saint Records

Type of Evidence

Inscriptions - Funerary inscriptions Archaeological and architectural - Internal cult fixtures (crypts, ciboria, etc.)

Language

Latin

Evidence not before

400

Evidence not after

500

Activity not before

400

Activity not after

500

Place of Evidence - Region

Rome and region

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Suburban catacombs and cemeteries

Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)

Suburban catacombs and cemeteries Rome Rome Roma Ῥώμη Rhōmē

Cult activities - Places

Burial site of a saint - crypt/ crypt with relics

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

Prayer/supplication/invocation

Cult Activities - Protagonists in Cult and Narratives

Women

Source

The inscription is now lost. It is known through a handwritten transcription by Gaetano Marini, who found it in 1781 in the cemetery of Cyriaca on the via Tiburtina. Based on Marini's description, one can assume that the text was carved on a marble plaque, the right and upper parts of which were broken and lost in the 18th c. or earlier. First published in 1980 by Antonio Ferrua, from Marini's manuscript, and a copy in de Rossi's archive (also dependent on Marini's text).

Discussion

The inscription may refer to tombs of martyrs located in the cemetery where the deceased was buried, but it may also be merely a habitual metaphor of salvation in the company of saints in the afterlife. Dating: The editors of the Epigraphic Database Bari date the inscription to the 5th c.

Bibliography

Edition: Epigraphic Database Bari, nos. EDB30354, see http://www.edb.uniba.it/epigraph/30354 De Rossi, G.B., Ferrua, A. (eds.), Inscriptiones Christianae Urbis Romae Septimo Saeculo Antiquiores, n.s., vol. 7: Coemeteria via Tiburtinae (Vatican: Pont. Institutum Archaeologiae Christianae, 1980), no. 19224.

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S00060 S00518 History

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