Funerary inscription of the priests Viventius, Mavorius (and Florentius?), Kirkmadrine (Britain), AD 450-500.
Intended for scholary use. For credentials see Bibliography
No. 205:
alpha omega
staurogram in a circle
hic iacent
s(an)c(t)i et prae
cipui sacer
dotes id es[t]
Viventius
et Mavorius
No. 206:
staurogram in a circle
...s et
Floren
tius
(Inscriptiones Britanniae Christianae: no. 205 and 206)
No. 205:
alpha omega
staurogram in a circle
Here lie the holy and distinguished priests, that is, Viventius and Mavorius.
No. 206:
staurogram in a circle
and Florentius.
(trans. J. Szafranowski)
Discussion:
There is no telling whether Viventius and Mavorius were presbyters or bishops (or a presbyter and a bishop), or if Florentius was at all ordained.
The name of Mavorius could be also read as Maiorius.
Place of event:
Region
Britain and Ireland
City
Kirkmadrine
About the source:
Origin: Kirkmadrine (Britain and Ireland) Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
Those two inscriptions are found on the two of three hard-rounded blocks of whinstone which were used as gateposts in the walls of the burying ground in Kirkmadrine (also called Toskerton) in the parish of Stoneykirk (Wigtonshire, south-west Scotland). They are now preserved in porch of Old Kirk.
Edition:
Ae. Hübner, Inscriptiones Britanniae Christianae, Berlin-London 1876, no. 205 and 206.
Please quote this record referring to
its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL:
J. Szafranowski, Presbyters
in the Late Antique West, ER1898, http://www.presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1898
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