Presbyters Uniwersytet Warszawski
ID
ER 2231
DRAFT Funerary poem in honour of an anonymous presbyter. Rome, AD 575/600.
Praemia sancta uiri meritis titulata beati
      Lingua tace uotis praecipitata piis
Multa loqui poteras si nosti cuncta referre
      Sed quia non nosti parua tamen meminis
Hic uir auaritiae sublimibus ore tropaeis
      Deiecit murum plus iaculante manu
Iustitiae custos uirtutis cultor alumnae
      Iudicio rectus iudicioque pius
Plenus amore dei plenus quoque amore propinqui
      Mandatum supplens actibus ac meritis
Mundiuagis penitus nullis inflectus habenis
      Nec timuit quemquam pro pietate loqui
Veridicus patiens iustus miserator et aequus
      Diuitiis regnans paupere corde piis
Paruulus interea Petri nutritus ouili
      Primus honore pii presbyteri enituit
Defuit in sacum quidquid si contigit illum
      Ignorare nouum uel uetus eloquium
Vita sepulta iaces sanctis stellata triumphis
      Viue sepultris uita beata tuis
Hoc tibi plebs Christi mutuo pro munere carmen
      Obtulit egregiae uir probitatis apex
 
(ed. Inscriptiones Christianae Urbis Romae, vol. 1, no. 3906)

Place of event:

Region
  • Rome
City
  • Rome

About the source:

Origin: Rome (Rome)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
The inscription was lost. De Rossi considered it to be from the end of the sixth century.
Edition:
Inscriptiones Christianae Urbis Romae, Nova Series, 1, 03906.
Trismegistos no. 624684.
Epigraphik Datenbank Clauss/Slaby no. EDCS-40300900.
Epigraphic Database Bari no. EDB33856.
 

Categories:

Burial/Funerary inscription
Functions within the Church - Urban presbyter
Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος
Reverenced by
Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER2231, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=2231