Presbyters Uniwersytet Warszawski
ID
ER 2188
Funerary inscription of te presbyter Victor, recounting his services for the Church. Rome, probably late 4th/5th c.
Victor ego quondam in matura aetate defeci
ereptus superis tartarea custodia sedes
etsi inimici multi tamen superasse me credo
carendo insidias gemitumq(ue) meorum laborum
redditus in terra corpus cui vita herebat
s̅p̅(iritu)s̅ animaque mea expectat die ultimo causam
adventum s̅(an)c̅(t)i̅ credo gaudere me iuste
servii mandatis mea ab invente aetate
per gradus ascendi usque hoc presbiter veni
terra marique fui tantum pro nomine Cristi
expecto mercedem bonis repromissam caelorum
annorum quinquaginta hodie aetate peregi d(epositio) IIII id(us) a[----]
 
(Epigraphic Database Bari, EDB35750)
I, Victor, while in mature age, left this abode.
I was snatched away to the exalted regions from the prison of Tartarus.
Even if my enemies are numerous, I believe I can win
avoiding the traps of my groans and labours.
The body, to which the life clinged, was given back to the earth.
My soul and spirit expect the judgement of the last day.
I hope I will rejoice because of the coming of the Holy One.
I duly served the commandements from the young age
I advanced through the grades to become presbyter.
I was on the earth and sea only for the name of Christ.
I expect the reward promised to the good in Heaven.
I passed fifty five years today, and was deposited on the 4th day before the Ides of [...]
 
(trans. S. Adamiak)

Place of event:

Region
  • Rome
City
  • Rome

About the source:

Origin: Rome (Rome)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
Found in the vine de Bolognettis on the Via Nomentana. The poem is in hexameter.
Edition:
Inscriptiones Christianae Urbis Romae, Nova Series, 8, 20739 (A. Ferrua, 1983) = 1, 03847
Trismegistos no. 624640.
Epigraphik Datenbank Clauss/Slaby no. EDCS-33700161.
Epigraphic Database Bari no. EDB35750
E. Diehl (ed.), Inscriptiones Latinae Christianae Veteres, vol. 2, ed. 2., Berlin 1961, no. 3481.
Bibliography:
F.Bücheler, Carmina Latina epigraphica, 1895, vol. 1, p. 760.

Categories:

Travel and change of residence
Burial/Funerary inscription
Functions within the Church - Urban presbyter
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Impediments or requisits for the office - Ecclesiastical career
Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER2188, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=2188