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E07480: Latin verse inscription praising pope Siricius (384-399) as a generous restorer of tombs of unnamed martyrs. Now lost, but probably displayed in the Cemetery of Priscilla, or elsewhere on the via Salaria, Rome. [provisional entry]
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posted on 2019-03-24, 00:00 authored by pnowakowskiSiricius pia nunc persolvit munera sancti,
gratia quo maior sit bona martyribus.
Omnipotens deus hunc conservet tempore multo,
moenia sanctorum qui nova restituit.
1. sancti Gruter, sancti codices
'Siricius does not fail to the pious duties to the saints, so that the good grace to the martyrs would aggrandize. Him the allmighty God may save, and for a long time, him who restored the new strongholds of the saints.'
Text: ICVR, n.s., VIII, no. 23056 = EDB34542. Trans. P. Nowakowski.
gratia quo maior sit bona martyribus.
Omnipotens deus hunc conservet tempore multo,
moenia sanctorum qui nova restituit.
1. sancti Gruter, sancti codices
'Siricius does not fail to the pious duties to the saints, so that the good grace to the martyrs would aggrandize. Him the allmighty God may save, and for a long time, him who restored the new strongholds of the saints.'
Text: ICVR, n.s., VIII, no. 23056 = EDB34542. Trans. P. Nowakowski.
History
Evidence ID
E07480Saint Name
Martyrs, unnamed or name lost : S00060 Saints, unnamed : S00518Saint Name in Source
sancti, martyres sancti, martyresRelated Saint Records
Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.) Literary - PoemsLanguage
- Latin