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[A]etherius pres

[bi]ter tegitur hoc

tomulo carus om

nibus moribus et

gratia sed ma(xime) Chr(ist)o

fede et relegione

probatus.

(ed. Boppert 1971: 99–104)

Presbyter Aetherius is covered by this tomb, dear to all for his character and kindness but especially esteemed by Christ for his faith and religion.

(trans. J. Szafranowski)

Discussion:

The fifth day before the Kalends of September corresponds to 28 August.

Different editors provide various dating for this epitaph, ranging from the fourth to sixth centuries. Boppert, pointing to some mistakes and peculiarities of the carvings, suggests a rather later period; that is, the sixth century.

Place of event:

Region

Gaul

City

Bingen am Rhein

About the source:

Origin: Bingen am Rhein (Gaul)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian

This epitaph was found in 1908 south of Bingen Castle, in the area of the Roman-Frankish graveyard. It is now embedded in the wall of Bingen cathedral.

Yellow sandstone, dimensions: 66 × 55 × 23 cm.

Edition:

W. Boppert (ed.), Die frühchristlichen Inschriften des Mittelrheingebietes, Mainz am Rhein 1971, pp. 99-104.

Trismegistos no. 426337

Epigraphik Datenbank Clauss/Slaby no. EDCS-12700494 (ill.)

O. Hirschfeld and H. Finke (eds.), Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, vol. XIII, Berlin 1898, no. 11963.

E. Diehl (ed.), Inscriptiones Latinae christianae veteres, vol. 1, Berlin 1924/1925, no. 1589.

Categories:

Burial/Funerary inscription

PR857.

Functions within the Church - Urban presbyter

PR857.

Described by a title - Presbyter/πρεσβύτερος

PR857.

Reverenced by

PR857.

Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: J. Szafranowski, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1894, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1894