The X-Files: Chrēstos / Christos / Χρειστος

[Peter Kirby]

publication: ICUR-06, 17116 = ILCV 01617
dating: 351 to 400 EDCS-ID: EDCS-32900304
province: Roma place: Roma

Prectectus cesquet(!) / in pace vixit annis(!) VIIII / menses VIIII dies III / nutricatus deo C(h)risto mart<y=U>ribus

Pretextus rests in peace. He lived for nine years, nine months, and three days. Nourished by God and Christ, he became a martyr.

[Peter Kirby]

publication: ICUR-07, 17962 = CLE 00755 (p 857) = ILCV 03431
dating: 346 to 444 EDCS-ID: EDCS-35100487
province: Roma place: Roma

Corpus homo animam Christo Petroni dedisti / nam iustae mentes foventur luce caelesti / sidereasq(ue) colunt sedes mundoq(ue) fruuntur / tu dulcis fili memor hinc aspice nostri / nunc igitur laudes quas clauso pectore mecum / ipse volutabam referam tu lumen avorum / tu decus omne tuis te flent orbati parentes / blandus eras servis cunctis et carus amicis / iustum dulce pium rogamus suscipe Christe / [3] et Albini [3] / [3]CMI[3]dondae coniugi generosae C[

You, Petronius, gave your body, soul, and spirit to Christ. For just minds are nurtured by celestial light, and they inhabit starry abodes, enjoying the world. O sweet son, remember us from here. Now, therefore, I will recount the praises that I was silently pondering within my closed heart. You, the light of our ancestors, accept all honor. You are the complete glory to your mourning parents. You were kind to all servants and dear to friends. Righteous, sweet, and pious, we implore you, Christ, to accept. ... and Albina ... to the generous wife of ...

[Peter Kirby]

publication: ICUR-07, 18157
dating: 351 to 400 EDCS-ID: EDCS-40301144
province: Roma place: Roma

] vexare locu[m] / [Chr]istianus h[3] / [3 a]pud deum [

... to disturb the place / a Christian ... / [before] God ...

[Peter Kirby]

publication: ICUR-07, 18370
dating: 391 to 425 EDCS-ID: EDCS-38700813
province: Roma place: Roma

Succedunt meliora tibi miranda tuenti / quae Leopardi labor cura et vigilantia fecit / sumptibus haec propriis ornavit moenia Christi / respice et ingressu placido nova quaeque revise / caelestis manus ecce dei quae praemia reddit / quae cumulata vides digna in ecclesia Christi

Better things succeed for you to marvel at, things that Leopardus, through effort, care, and watchfulness, has made. With his own resources, he adorned the walls of Christ. Look, and, with a peaceful entrance, review the new things. Behold the heavenly hand of God, which gives rewards. What you see, accumulated, is worthy in the church of Christ.

[Peter Kirby]

publication: ICUR-07, 18454
dating: 351 to 400 EDCS-ID: EDCS-38801136
province: Roma place: Roma

Asal(a)e in p(ac)e qu(i)e(vit) a(nnorum) XXX me(n)//sor<o=U>(m!) / bene m(e)<r=P>e(nti) C(h)risto p<a=H>ce / bene sodus pace soro

Asala rests in peace, who lived for thirty years, a well-deserving person in Christ. Peace to the well-deserving soul.

[Peter Kirby]

publication: ICUR-07, 18665 = ILCV 03382a
dating: 351 to 450 EDCS-ID: EDCS-39600064
province: Roma place: Roma

In d(eo) C(h)risto / [D]omitia Op(a)e fili(a)e karissim(a)e Dom[iti(a)e] / [O]peni innocentissim(a)e puell(a)e vix(it) / [3 mense]s II dies VIIII (h)oras V in pace c<o=U>mp[aravit]

In god Christ, to Domitia Ope, the dearest daughter of Domitia Opena, an innocent girl, who lived for 3 months, 9 days, and 5 hours, in peace, she departed.

[Peter Kirby]

publication: ICUR-07, 18668
dating: 351 to 400 EDCS-ID: EDCS-39600067
province: Roma place: Roma

Domitianus Livinus / in Christiana regione situs / in pace

Domitianus Livinus, placed in the Christian cemetery, in peace.

[Peter Kirby]

A virgin bride of Christ, joined to God through sacred veils.

publication: ICUR-07, 18944
dating: 351 to 450 EDCS-ID: EDCS-40100196
province: Roma place: Roma

Qui studium tumulis rimati funera fertis / istic nosse prius busta verenda sat est / linquunt namque suis animae vestigia membris / et miscent meritum corpora mensque suum / hic iacet a teneris Christo quae creverat annis / cui fuit in mundo nescia vita mori / hanc dum corporei nubit per sacra vela deo / qua rear in Christi dextram te carius ire / cui fas post thalamos non sit abesse deo / hic nunc circumdat tumulus sua membra parentum / ut reddat fructum corpus originibus / Iuliana virgo

You, who explore the study of graves and bear witness to funeral rites, here it is enough to first know the revered tombs. For souls leave traces of their limbs and mix their bodies and minds with their merit. Here lies one who, from tender years, had grown devoted to Christ, whose life in the world was ignorant of death. She, while in the flesh, joined herself to God through sacred veils. By this, I believe you are going dearer into Christ's right hand. It is allowed for her, after the wedding, not to be absent from God. Now, this tomb surrounds her limbs as her parents' memorial, that her body may yield fruit to its origins. Julian, the virgin, rests here.

[Peter Kirby]

publication: ICUR-07, 19004 = CLE 00761 = ILCV 00997 (add) = Mossong-2022, 00035
dating: 351 to 450 EDCS-ID: EDCS-35100498
province: Roma place: Roma

Omnia quaeque vides proprio quaesita labore / cum mihi gentilis iam dudum vita maneret / institui cupiens censum cognoscere mundi / iudicio post multa dei meliora secutus / contemptis opibus malui cognoscere Christu(m) / haec mihi cura fuit nudos vestire petentes / fundere pauperib(us) quidquid concesserat annus / psallere et in populis volvi modulante profeta / sic merui plebem Christi retinere sacerdos / hunc mihi composuit tumulum Laurentia coniunx / moribus apta meis semper veneranda fidelis / invidia infelix tandem compressa quiesc<i=E>t / octoginta Leo transcendit episcopus annos / dep(ositus) die prid(ie) Idus Martias

All things that you see, acquired by my own effort, while my life as a pagan still endured. Desiring to understand the census of the world, after much judgment, I, following the will of God, chose better things. Disregarding wealth, I preferred to know Christ. This concern of mine was to clothe the naked beggars, to distribute to the poor whatever the year had granted. I sang psalms, and with the prophet's melody resounding among the people, thus, as a priest, I earned the right to retain the Christian community. Laurentia, my wife, suitable in character, always revered and faithful, composed this tomb for me. Unfortunate envy, finally suppressed, now rests. Bishop Leo transcended eighty years, deposited on the day before the Ides of March.

[Peter Kirby]

publication: ICUR-07, 19559e
dating: 301 to 400 EDCS-ID: EDCS-40700071
province: Roma place: Roma

Victoria pro Christo

Victory for Christ.