| Pertaining to Basilica S.Petri apostoli (via Cornelia) |
| Titulus honorarius |
| Now Lost |
| Date: 688 |
| Edition(s): ICVR II, 4148; Carletti 2008, 209-210, n. 103 |
| huius apostolici primum est hic corpus humatum quod foret et tumulo dignus in arce Petri hinc vatum procerumque cohors quos cernis adesse membra sub egregia sunt adoperta domo sed dudum ut pastor magnus Leo septa gregemque christicolam servans ianitor arcis erat. Commonet e tumulo quod gesserat ipse superstes insidians ne lupus vastet ovile Dei testantur missi pro recto dogmate libri quos pia corda colunt quos prava turba timet rugiit et pavida stupuerunt corda ferarum pastorisque sui iussa sequuntur oves hic tamen extremo iacuit sub marmore templi quem iam pontificum plura sepulchra celant Sergius antistes divino impulsus amore hunc in fronte sacrae transtulit inde domus exornans rutilum pretioso marmore tumbum in quo poscentes mira superna vident et quia praemicuit miris virtutibus olim ultima pontificis gloria maior erit sedit in episcopatu annos XXI mensem I dies XIII, depositus est III idus nov(embres) et iterum translatus huc a beato papa Sergio IIII kal(endas) iul(ias) inditione I |
| The inscription was placed by Pope Sergius I (687-701) to substitute the lost epitaph of Pope Leo the Great (440-461), who was deposed in the Vatican Basilica and whose body was transfered in a more suitable part of the church by Sergius himself (Carletti, ad loc. cit.). The elogium dates the transfer (and likely the inscription) in the first indiction, which during the pontificate of Sergius I occured only in 688 (Vilella). |
| Antonio Enrico Felle, 11/11/2003 |
| Last update by Antonello Vilella on 20/04/2020 |