in nomine...] d(omi)ni n(ostri) IH(es)V X(risti)...
...san]ctorum id [est...
...Vi]ncenti et The[odori...
...] XV K(alendas) decem(bres)...
F D I
'In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ...
... of the saints that is...
... Vincentius and Theodore...
... 15th day before the Kalends of December [17 November]'
Text: Y. Duval 1982, no. 19. Translation: Stanisław Adamiak.
Evidence ID
E07508Saint Name
Anonymous martyrs from Dougga (North Africa) : S02807
Vincent/Vincentius, deacon and martyr of Saragossa and Valencia : S00290
Theodore, soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita : S00480Saint Name in Source
Vincentius
The?Type of Evidence
Inscriptions - Formal inscriptions (stone, mosaic, etc.)Language
LatinEvidence not before
304Evidence not after
698Activity not before
304Activity not after
698Place of Evidence - Region
Latin North AfricaPlace of Evidence - City, village, etc
DouggaPlace of evidence - City name in other Language(s)
Dougga
Carthage
Carthago
Karthago
قرطاج
Qarṭāj
Mçidfa
CarthageSource
A fragment of white marble of unknown origin, broken from all sides. What remains is of 30 x 28 cm. The preserved fragment of text is in five lines, the letters of 4 to 4,5 cm.
In 1970 it was in the storage of the excavations of Dougga.Discussion
The exact sense of the inscription is unclear. It may refer to a dedication of a church or to a deposition of relics.
It seems probable that the inscription honours not the saints from Dougga (such as the anonymous martyrs S02807), but rather some saints possibly not even from Africa, as Vincentius of Saragossa, or Eastern saints such as Theodorus, Theodotus or Theodosius.Bibliography
Duval, Y., Loca sanctorum Africae: Le culte des martyrs en Afrique du IVe au VIIe siècle (Rome: École Française de Rome, 1982), vol. 1, 42–44, no. 19.
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