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ora pro Agapio pr(es)b(yte)ro

creatore(m) sic d(omi)n(u)m habeas

protictorem, ut parcat d(eu)s

factis, parcat dictis, parcat

prauis sensib(u)s. Vixit ann(o)s LXXXV

obiet sub die Kal(endas) Ianuarias

LXVIII p(ost) c(onsulatum) Basili v(iri) c(larissimi), indic(tione) decima.

(Recueil des inscriptions chrétiennes de la Gaule: XV, 252)

Whoever turns to prayer, pray for Presbyter Agapius; since you have the Lord the Creator for your protector, God forbids deeds, forbids what was said, forbids ill thoughts. He lived 85 years; he died on the Kalends of January, 68 [years] after the consulate of most illustrious Basilus, in the 10th [year] of the indiction.

(trans. J. Szafranowski)

Discussion:

The exact dating is not possible, since the year of the consulate does not correspond to the year of indiction. The 68th year after the consulate of Basilus was either 608 (using modus Victorianus) or 609 (using modus Marcellianus). The tenth year of the indiction starts on the 1st of September of the year 606 and lasts to 31 of August of the following year. It seems, then, that the 1st of January 607 is the most probable date of Agapius' death. For more on the problems with agreeing the years of consulate with the years of indiction, see RICG, Introduction, nos. 93, 94, and 98.

Place of event:

Region

Gaul

City

Chavanoz

About the source:

Origin: Chavanoz (Gaul)

The marble bearing this inscription was discovered in 1876 during the renovation of the church in Chavanoz (located some 25 km east of Lyon). The first four lines are now lost and known only from Mormerret`s book. The rest of the stone was incorporated into the wall of the presbytery in Chavanoz.

Dimensions (of the surviving part): 25 cm × 68 cm × 8 cm, the letters are 4 cm high, and were painted black.

Edition:

F. Descombes (ed.), Recueil des inscriptions chrétiennes de la Gaule, vol. XV, Paris 1985, no. XV, 252.

J. Molmerret, H. Guillard, Dr Saunier, Sur la limite Dauphiné, Chavanoz, Lyon 1933, p. 12.

Trismegistos no. 448590

Epigraphik Datenbank Clauss/Slaby no. EDCS-30200113

Categories:

Burial/Funerary inscription

PR837.

Functions within the Church - Parish presbyter

PR837.

Functions within the Church - Rural presbyter

PR837.

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

PR837.

Age

PR837.

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1846, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1846