Proclinus and Ursus, presbyters of Rome, offer an inscription to the martyr Sebastianus commemorating fulfilment of the vow. Inscription found in the church of San Sebastiano at the Cemetery ad Catacumbas, via Appia, Rome. Probably 401/417 or slightly later.
Intended for scholary use. For credentials see Bibliography
temporibus sancti
Innocenti episcopi
Proclinus et Ursus praesbb(yteris)
4 titu[l]i Byzanti ((folium))
sancto martyri
Sebastiano ex voto fecer<u>nt
4. TITVI stone || 6. FECERNT stone
(after Epipgraphische Datenbank Bari 1476)
Proclinus and Ursus, presbyters of the titulus Byzantis made it as en ex voto offering to the holy martyr Sebastian. In the times of the the holy Innocentius, bishop.
(trans. P. Nowakowski, CSLA E05088)
Discussion:
Titulus Byzantis is the church of John and Paul on the Caelian Hill. The presbyters of this church were responsible for the church of Sebastianus/Basilica Apostolorum and its cemetery (Ferrua 1971).
Inscription is on a marble plaque broken in two places. Dimensions: height 0.63 m; width 1.30 m. Letter height 0.07 m.
The dating formula on the inscription refers to the pontificate of Bishop Innocentius, 401-417, but as he is described as "sanctus", it is probable that he was already dead at the moment of the commision.
Edition:
De Rossi, G.B., Ferrua, A. eds., Inscriptiones Christianae Urbis Romae Septimo Saeculo Antiquiores, n.s., vol. 5: Coemeteria reliqua Viae Appiae, Vatican 1971, no. 13122
Illustration: Marucchi, O., "Di una iscrizione storica che puň attribuirsi alla basilica Apostolorum sulla via Appia", Nuovo Bulletino di Archeologia Cristiana (1921), 65.
For detailed discussion, the full list of editions and further readings see:
P. Nowakowski, Cult of Saint in Late Antiquity database, E05088
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
M. Szada, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER2112, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=2112
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