| Titulus apparatus insculptus |
| Tabula marmorea 130 x 260 x ?. Letters 4-5.5 |
| Last recorded in Roma, Musei Vaticani: Museo Pio Cristiano |
| Date: 440-461 |
| Edition(s): ICVR II, 4783 Online: MV.32157.0.0 |
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| exsultate pii lacrimis in gaudia versis et protectori reddite vota deo cuius sic tenuit resolutum dextera tectum in vacuum ut caderet tanta ruina solum solus et invidiae princeps tormenta subiret qui nullum ex ampla strage tulit spolium nam potiora nitent reparati culmina templi et sumpsit vires firmior aula novas dum (C̅h̅r̅)(ist)i̅ antistes cunctis Leo partibus aedes consulit et celeri tecta reformat ope doctorem ut mundi Paulum plebs sancta beatum intrepide solitis excolat officiis. laus ista Felix respicit te praesbiter nec te levites Adeodate praeterit quorum fidelis atque pervigil labor decus omne tectis ut rediret institit |
| 9in. XPI on stone; 9ex. AEDES pro AEDIS. 1-12: elegiac distichs; 13-16: iambic trimeters. See also ICVR II 4958 (epitaph of the priest Felix) and ICVR, II 4926 (epitaph of the deacon Adeodatus). In ICVR, comm. ad loc. cit. ,these two references are uncorrect: Silvagni recalls respectively ICVR II, 4954 and II, 4924 (Felle). |
| Antonio Enrico Felle, 27/01/2022 |