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Aspice descensum, cer]nes mira[bi]le fact[um.

sanctorum monumenta ui]des [pat]efact[a sepu]lchris.

martyris hic Proti tumul]us iacet adque Yachinti,

quem cum iam dudum te]geret mons, terra, caligo,

5 hoc Theodorus opus const]rucxit presbyter instans,

ut domini plebem opera] maiora tenerent.

Look at the descent: you will see a marvelous piece of work:

you see the monuments of saints shown in the tombs.

Here lies the tomb of Protus and Hyacinthus;

The hill had long hidden it in the earth and in the darkness

presbyter Teodor conscientiously built this complex,

that the spacious interior may house the Lord's people.

(trans. Julia Borczynska)

Place of event:

Region

Rome

City

Rome

About the source:

Origin: Rome (Rome)

Edition:

Inscriptiones Christianae Urbis Romae, Nova Series X, 26672.

A. Felle, Epigraphic Database Bari, EDB-13744 .

Bibliography:

I. Mossong, Der Klerus des spätantiken Italiens im Spiegel epigraphischer Zeugnisse: Eine soziohistorische Studie, Berlin-Boston 2022, no. 145, p. 318.

Categories:

Ecclesiastical administration - Construction/Renovation

PR1086.

Economic status and activity - Indication of wealth

PR1086.

Devotion - Veneration of saints and relics

PR1086.

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