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ER 2134
Dedicatory inscription of the presbyter Agnellus near the Basilica of St Peter in Rome, AD 440/461.
salvo papa Leone Agnellus presbyter ornat
 
(following Epigraphic Database Bari, no. EDB14389)
During the life of Pope Leo, the presbyter Agnellus made [this] decoration.
 
(trans. M. Szada)

Place of event:

Region
  • Rome
City
  • Rome

About the source:

Origin: Rome (Rome)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
The inscription - one verse in hexameter - was inscribed on a marble tablet. It was found in the 15th century by Maffeo Vegio (see his De rebus antiquis, book 4, 111, ed. Della Schiava 2009: 113) in the vicinity of the Basilica of Saint Peter, in the sepulchral area, probably the coemeterium ad Circum on the via Cornelia. Possibly it was originally associated with a funerary chapel. Today the inscription is lost.
Edition:
Trismegistos no. 304051
A. Felle, Epigraphic Database Bari, 14389
A. Silvani, Inscriptiones Christianae Urbis Romae, n.s., vol. 2, Roma 1935, no. 4101 (ICVR 2.4101)
 
Bibliography:
F. Della Schiava, "Il De rebus antiquis memorabilibus basilicae S. Petri Romae di Maffeo Vegio. Edizione critica e commento", PhD diss. Università degli Studi di Firenze 2009

Categories:

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Ecclesiastical administration - Construction/Renovation
Economic status and activity - Indication of wealth
Ecclesiastical administration - Selling tombs/Administering graveyards
Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER2134, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=2134
Record by: Marta Szada
last edited: 2020-05-19 20:34:21
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