CIL 05, 06725 = ILCV 01054 = CLE 00795

Item

Text Category
Inscription: epitaph
Century Range
Location of Display
Transpadana: Vercellae
Reference
CIL 05, 06725 = ILCV 01054 = CLE 00795
Quotation
S(an)c(ta)e m(e)m(oriae) Celsus ep(iscopu)s claro ex genere ortus / custos gregis ovium Christi / exemplo boni operis docuit cunctos viam salutis / liquit mundum c(o)elitem sed scandens ad sedem / sacerdotum de[c]us ecclesiae optim(a)e loquax et altor / voluntate sincerus ac benignitate praecipuus / solers ad audiendum clemens ad ignoscendum / et cui divina opitulabatur gratia semper / priscorum dogma servans patrum perfecta / industria adhesit mentis mox ut vitaret obiecta / stolam sanctitatis meritis adeptus pastor fidelis / corpore integer Christo se dicavit in cunctis / opifex boni sic euangelica implet praecepta / puroque corde Christo servavit inviolabilem fidem / vitam transegit in saeculo LIV menses VII / sed migravit ad dominum sub Id(ibus) Aprilis ind(ictione) VIII / Gratianus suus carus et levita ornavit amando sepulcrum
Part of Speech
Type of Thing Ornamented
Architecture: Monument: Funerary: Tomb
Object/ Person Ornamented
Tomb of Celsus the bishop
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Sculpture: Relief
Visual Work: Painting
Visual Work: Inscription
Architecture: Architectural Element
Medium/a Ornamenting
Unspecified; context suggests: sculpture (figural or relief) painting, architecture of the tomb, perhaps this inscription
Person Engaged in Act of Ornamenting
Gratianus, deacon of Vercellae
Bibliography
Felle 2010
Item Identifier
A01669
Determination
Interpreted from context