E05745: Small fragments of two or three inscriptions probably related to the cult of *Agnes (virgin and martyr of Rome, S00097), probably from a poem by Pope Damasus (366-384). Found in the cemetery of Agnes on the via Nomentana, Rome.
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posted on 2018-06-15, 00:00 authored by pnowakowskiThe three fragments are published and discussed together in one entry by Antonio Ferrua in the eighth volume of the Inscriptiones Christianae Urbis Romae. Only parts of several letters can be read on them:
A: IS
B: VI
C: IA
The dimensions of the fragments and the letter height differ greatly in each case. Ferrua notes that the text on Fragment A imitates Philocalian script and is almost certainly from an inscription postdating the pontificate of Pope Damasus. He identifies Fragments B and C as remnants of one or two genuine Damasan inscriptions, probably related to the cult of Agnes, which is based on their find-spot.
Armellini implausibly argued that Fragment C came from the first verse of the lost inscription of Constantina, dedicated to Agnes ($E07863).
A: IS
B: VI
C: IA
The dimensions of the fragments and the letter height differ greatly in each case. Ferrua notes that the text on Fragment A imitates Philocalian script and is almost certainly from an inscription postdating the pontificate of Pope Damasus. He identifies Fragments B and C as remnants of one or two genuine Damasan inscriptions, probably related to the cult of Agnes, which is based on their find-spot.
Armellini implausibly argued that Fragment C came from the first verse of the lost inscription of Constantina, dedicated to Agnes ($E07863).
History
Evidence ID
E05745Saint Name
Agnes, virgin and martyr of Rome : S00097Related Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.) Literary - Poems Archaeological and architectural - Internal cult fixtures (crypts, ciboria, etc.)Language
- Latin
