Presbyters Uniwersytet Warszawski
ID
ER 2321
Funerary inscription of the Presbyter Bonifatius. Theveste (North Africa), 4th/7th c.
[Hic requiescit(?)] / Bo[nifati]us(?) [pr]/esb<y=I>ter in p[a]/ce vixit an(nos) XXXV men/ses IIII
 
(ed. Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss/Slaby,  EDCS-13000781)
The presbyter Bonifatius reposes here in peace. He lived for 35 years and 4 months.
 
(trans. S. Adamiak)
 

Discussion:

There are no indications to the date of the inscription. Theveste (nowadays Tebessa in Algeria) was a Donatist stronghold, hence a possibility that Bonifatius was of that denomination.

Place of event:

Region
  • Latin North Africa
City
  • Theveste

About the source:

Origin: Theveste (Latin North Africa)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
Edition:
Epigraphik Datenbank Clauss/Slaby no. EDCS-13000781.
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, vol. 8, no. 2014.
E. Diehl (ed.), Inscriptiones Latinae Christianae Veteres, vol. 1, ed. 2., Berlin 1961, no. 1178.
 

Categories:

Burial/Funerary inscription
Religious grouping (other than Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian) - Donatist
Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER2321, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=2321