Presbyters Uniwersytet Warszawski
ID
ER 2154
Funerary inscription of an anonymous presbyter of the titular church of Lucina, founded by his wife. Rome, probably 5th c.
[--- pre]sb(yter) tituli Lucin[ae ---]
coniux mih[i ---]
[--- c]ulpa cesq[uet ---]
[--- depositu?]s V[---]
 
(Epigraphic Database Bari no. 15398)
... the presbyter of the title of Lucina....
... my spouse...
... Guilt ceased...
... deposited ...
 
(trans. S. Adamiak)

Discussion:

The marble slab comes from the cemetery of Valentinus on the Via Flaminia in Rome. On its other side there is an inscription commemorating an unnamed widow, in all probability the wife of the presbyter mentioned on the first side.

Place of event:

Region
  • Rome
City
  • Rome

About the source:

Origin: Rome (Rome)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
The editors give the 5th century as the date of the inscription.
Edition:
Inscriptiones Christianae Urbis Romae, Nova Series, 10, 27537 (Mazoleni, Danilus / Carletti, C. - 1992)
Trismegistos no. 305056.
Epigraphik Datenbank Clauss/Slaby no. EDCS-30900198.
E. Diehl (ed.), Inscriptiones Latinae Christianae Veteres, vol. 1, ed. 2., Berlin 1961, no. 1139A.
Epigraphic Database Bari no. 15398 (with illustration)

Categories:

Family life - Marriage
Family life - Permanent relationship continued after ordination
Burial/Funerary inscription
Functions within the Church - Parish presbyter
Functions within the Church - Urban presbyter
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Relation with - Wife
Relation with - Woman
Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER2154, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=2154