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[locus] Leonis prebeteri, cuius (f)ilia [hi]c requiescet in pace. Qu(e) uixit [an]nos XX et d. XLI, dp. VIIII kal. Nob [con]s. Valentiniani VI.

(ed. Diehl 1961, no. 1132)

[The place of] the presbyter Leo, whose daughter reposes here in peace; she lived 20 years, and 41 days, she was deposed on the 9th day before the Kalends of November, when Valentinian was the consul for the sixth time [24 October 445].

(trans. S. Adamiak)

Discussion:

The epitaph was found in the basilica of St Paul on the Via Ostiense.

Place of event:

Region

Rome

City

Rome

About the source:

Origin: Rome (Rome)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

Edition:

Inscriptiones Christianae Urbis Romae, Nova Series, 2 4917.

Epigraphik Datenbank Clauss/Slaby no. EDCS-37500195 (illustration).

E. Diehl (ed.), Inscriptiones Latinae Christianae Veteres, vol. 1, ed. 2., Berlin 1961, no. 1132.

Categories:

Family life - Offspring

PR963.

Burial/Funerary inscription

PR963.

Functions within the Church - Urban presbyter

PR963.

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

PR963.

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER2106, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=2106