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ER 2136
Dedicatory inscription, possibly of a presbyter, from the titulus Pudentis, from the time of Pope Boniface (either Boniface I, 418-422, Boniface II 530-532, Boniface III, 607, Boniface IV, 608-615, or Boniface V, 619-625).
((crux immissa)) salvo papa Bonifa[tio --- presbyter fecit pro s(anctorum) confe]ssorum ornatu
 
(following Epigraphic Database Bari, no. EDB34288)
((crux immissa)) During the life of Pope Boniface [---] presbyter did that for the decoration for the holy confessors
 
(trans. M. Szada)

Place of event:

Region
  • Rome
City
  • Rome

About the source:

Origin: Rome (Rome)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
The inscription is on a marble plate in the form of tabula ansata, its dimensions: 10cm x 115cm x 2,5cm. Letters height: 6,5cm. It is broken into two parts and the middle section of the inscription is missing. It is tentatively reconstructed by the editor as the inscription of a presbyter.
 
The inscription was found in the titulus Pudentis (Santa Pudenziana).
Edition:
F. Piazzola, Epigraphic Database Bari, 34288
A. Ferrua, Rivista di archologia cristiana 1968, 146-147 n. 5, fig. 5

Categories:

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Economic status and activity - Indication of wealth
Devotion - Veneration of saints and relics
Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: M. Szada, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER2136, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=2136
Record by: Marta Szada
last edited: 2020-03-21 19:54:38
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