

THE CANADIAN JOURNAL. 



NEW SERIES 



No. LXVIL— DECEMBER, 1868, 



CHRISTIAN EPITAPHS OF THE EIRST SIX CENTURIES. 



BY THE REV. JOHN McCAUL, LL.G., 



PRESIDSHT OF trNIVEHSITY COLLEGE, TORONTO, ETC, 



V. Those in which the Occupation or Position in Life of 

 THE Deceased is Stated— ( Co?i?mMf<^.) 



(m) To a sacred vifgin : — ■ 74. 



PRIEIVNPAVSA 



BETPRAETIOSA 



ANNORVMPVLLA 



VIRGOXIITANTVM 



ANCILLADEIETXPI 



FL • VINOENTIOET 



FRAVITOVC • CONSS 



(1)1 coem. Callkti; De Kossi, n. 49V.) 



Prie (pridie) [Kal.] Junius pausahet (pausavit) Prsetiosa, annorum 

 ptdla (puella) virgo Xll tantum, ancilla Dei et Christi, Flavio 

 Vincentio et Fravito, Yiris Clarissimis, Gonsulibus. 



" On the day before the Calends of Jnne, Prffitiosa went to her rest, a young 

 maiden of only twelve years of age, a hand-maid of God and of Christ, in the 

 Consulship of Flavius Vincentius and Fravitus, most distinguished men," t. e. 

 May 31st, 401, a. d. 



