360 CHRISTIAN EPITAPHS OF 



Hie requiescit sa/ictce memorice pater noster, Reparatus, episcO' 

 pus, qui. fecit iti sacerdotium (sacerdotio), annos IX, menses XI, et 

 precessit nos in pace, die undecimu (undecimo) Kalendas Augustas, 

 ProvincicB [anno] quadringentesimo triceshno et sexta (sexto). 



" Here rests our father of holy memory, Eeparatus, the Bishop, who passed 

 in his priesthood nine years, eleven months ; and went before us, in peace, 

 on the eleventh day before the Calends of August, in the 436th year of the 

 Province," i.e. July 22nd, 475, a.d. 



1. 1. Sacerdotium. The bishops in Africa were sometimes called 

 Sacerdotes. See Renier, n. 3704. The sera of the Province dated from 

 40, A.D., the year in which Mauretania was reduced. See Henzen, n. 

 5337; Reniei*, Revue Arcl., xi. 443, xv. 565; Mommsen, Epigraph- 

 ische Analekten, n. 20, in 'Jerichte der phil. Hist., 1852, p. 313. 



(b.) To a presh^-tcr :— 62. 



PRAESBYTER Hig SITVS EST CELERINVS NOMINE 



mC[tus'] 

 CORPOREOS RVMPENS NEXVS QVI GAVDET IN ASTRIS 

 DEP Villi KAL IVN FL SYAGRIO ET EVCERIO 



(In S. Agnetis via Nonientana ; De Rossi, n. 303.) 



Presbyter hie situs est Celerinus nomine dietus, 

 Corporeos rumpens nexus qui gaudet in astris. 

 Depositus IX Kalendas Junias, Flavio Syagrio et Eucerio. 



" Here has been laid a Presbyter, called by the name Celerinus, who, 

 breaking the bonds of the body, rejoices in the stars (in heaven). Buried 

 on the ninth day before the Calends of June, in the Consulship of Syagriua 

 and Eucherius," i.e. May 24th, a.d. 381. 



In KirchhoflP's n. 9258, found at Ancyra, in Galatia, we have an 

 example of a presbyter pursuing a secular occupation: — 



6 SouAos Tov ®€ov ©edSwpos Trpea^vrepos rwv aytov (dyicov) Ke (koi) 

 dpyupoKOTTos, i.e. "the servant of God, Theodorus, a presbyter (of 

 the church) of the Saints (All Saints ?), and a silversmith." 



(c.) To the wife of a presbyter : — 63. 



GAVDENTIVS • PRESS • SIBI 



ET CONIVGI SVAE SEVERAE CASTAE HAG SANC[<imnwB] 



FEMINAE QVAE VIXIT ANN • XLII • M • III • D • X 



DEP III • NON • APRIL • TIMASIO ET PROMOTO 



(In coem. S. PauU via Osticnsi; De Rossi, n. 376.) 



