Presbyters Uniwersytet Warszawski
ID
ER 2156
Funerary inscription of Asinius, the presbyter of the titular church of St Mark. Rome, possibly 4th/6th c.
Asinius pb. tit. sci Marci
locu se bibo co[mparauit]
 
(ed. E. Diehl)
Asinius, the presbyter of the title of St Mark
bought this tomb while still alive.
 
(trans. S. Adamiak)

Discussion:

According to Rüpke, the dated inscriptions on that cemetery extend from AD 355 to AD 638.

Place of event:

Region
  • Rome
City
  • Rome

About the source:

Origin: Rome (Rome)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
Found in the cemetery of Pancratius.
Edition:
E. Diehl (ed.), Inscriptiones Latinae Christianae Veteres, vol. 1, ed. 2., Berlin 1961, no. 1139B.
 
Bibliography:
J. Rüpke, Fasti sacerdotum: a prosopography of pagan, Jewish, and Christian religious officials in the city of Rome, 300 BC to AD 499, Oxford 2008, no. 740, Asinius, p. 547.

Categories:

Burial/Funerary inscription
Functions within the Church - Parish presbyter
Functions within the Church - Urban presbyter
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER2156, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=2156