Inscriptions: Christian funerary inscription for Foedula

Identification

Reference as:	MPL02093
Title	Christian funerary inscription for Foedula
Trismegistos-No.	439074

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Vienna
Find Context	Vienne, Église Saint-Pierre-le-Bas, aisle to the right of the choir.
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location
Inventory number
Current Location Details	Église Saint-Pierre-les-Bas, lapidarium.
Vicinity	[{"coords": [45.5242, 4.87325], "id": 2093, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2093", "long_id": "MPL02093", "place": "Vienna", "text": "((palma)) ((columba)) ((chi-rho)) ((columba)) ((pa\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$RICG_15_00039.jpg", "title": "Christian funerary inscription for Foedula"}, {"coords": [43.6776, 4.6308], "id": 29, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/29", "long_id": "MPL00029", "place": "Arelate", "text": "Aeliae Aelia[nae.] Littera qui nosti, lege casum\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://institucional.us.es/cleo/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Ensemble-1.jpg", "title": "Funerary inscription for Aelia Aeliana"}, {"coords": [43.6776, 4.6308], "id": 2161, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2161", "long_id": "MPL02161", "place": "Arelate", "text": "[Caec]i\u0323[lio] N\u0323igro fa[br](o) [nav(ali)]. 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HD000465"}, {"coords": [45.7589, 4.81948], "id": 2134, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2134", "long_id": "MPL02134", "place": "Lugdunum", "text": "D(is)\u2003 M(anibus) Lucretiae Valeriae Sexavius ((int\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Funerary inscription for Lucretia Valeria and Sexavius Hermeros"}, {"coords": [45.7589, 4.81948], "id": 2165, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2165", "long_id": "MPL02165", "place": "Lugdunum", "text": "Praeteriens hominum sortem miserare, viator, deque\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph of the medicus Felix"}, {"coords": [44.2404, 5.07335], "id": 806, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/806", "long_id": "MPL00806", "place": "Vasio Vocontiorum", "text": "Front \u03b5\u1f30\u03b8\u03c5\u03bd\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c1\u03b9 \u03c4\u1f7b\u03c7\u03b7\u03c2 \u0392\u1f75\u03bb\u1ff3 \u03a3\u1f73\u03be\u03c3\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b8\u1f73\u03c4\u03bf \u03b2\u03c9-\u03bc\u1f79\u03bd,\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://db-edcs-eu.uaccess.univie.ac.at/epigr/bilder/$CIL_12_01277_1.jpg", "title": "Votive inscription by Sextus on an altar to Belus"}, {"coords": [45.7797, 3.08682], "id": 982, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/982", "long_id": "MPL00982", "place": "Augustonemetum", "text": "Sanctis [contiguus sacroque patri] vivit sic [meri\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Augustonemetum \u2013 Clermont-Ferrand (Aquitania) - HD051640"}, {"coords": [45.5556, 6.65042], "id": 1049, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1049", "long_id": "MPL01049", "place": "Axima", "text": "Silvane sacra semicluse fra[xino] et huius alti su\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Votive inscription from Axima (Forum Claudii Ceutronum) \u2013 Aime-en-Tarentaise (Alpes Graiae) - HD065379"}, {"coords": [47.2372, 6.02792], "id": 1053, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/1053", "long_id": "MPL01053", "place": "Vesontio", "text": "[[..]]rginiae Marius Vitalis coniunx \|(centurio) l\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Vesontio (Civitas Sequanorum) \u2013 Besan\u00e7on (Germania superior) - HD066902"}, {"coords": [47.2372, 6.02792], "id": 2081, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2081", "long_id": "MPL02081", "place": "Vesontio", "text": "Ave vita", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fibula with love dedication from Vesontio"}, {"coords": [44.7524, 5.37041], "id": 848, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/848", "long_id": "MPL00848", "place": "Dea Augusta Vocontiorum", "text": "[D(is) M(anibus)] G(ai) Iuli Ica[ri?] G(aius) Iuli\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph from Dea Augusta Vocontiorum \u2013 Die (Narbonensis) - HD018851"}, {"coords": [46.202, 6.1438], "id": 2060, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2060", "long_id": "MPL02060", "place": "Genava", "text": "Uror amore tuo.", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fibula with love dedication from Genava"}, {"coords": [46.202, 6.1438], "id": 2146, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2146", "long_id": "MPL02146", "place": "Genava", "text": "Uror amor-e tuo.", "thumbnail_url": "https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$CIL_12_05698-18.jpg", "title": "Fibula with love dedication from Genava"}, {"coords": [44.1368, 4.80792], "id": 2074, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2074", "long_id": "MPL02074", "place": "Arausio", "text": "Amo te.", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fibula with love dedication from Arausio"}, {"coords": [43.8766, 5.39368], "id": 2083, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2083", "long_id": "MPL02083", "place": "Apta Iulia", "text": "[Dis in]fernis memoriaeq(ue) semper habendae H[ipp\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://db-edcs-eu.uaccess.univie.ac.at/epigr/bilder/$ILN-04_00032_1.jpg", "title": "Funerary inscription to Hippodamia by her husband"}, {"coords": [47.4508, 6.80205], "id": 2085, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2085", "long_id": "MPL02085", "place": "Epamanduodurum", "text": "Da cito amica. \u00a0\u00a0\u2190", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fibula with love dedication from Epamanduodurum"}, {"coords": [47.4527, 6.65168], "id": 2139, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2139", "long_id": "MPL02139", "place": "Longevelle-sur-Doubs", "text": "Succurre amanti si me amas.", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Fibula with love dedication from Longevelle-sur-Doubs"}, {"coords": [43.5262, 5.44541], "id": 2160, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2160", "long_id": "MPL02160", "place": "Aquae Sextiae", "text": "Front: Paulo siste gradum, iuven\u0361is pie, quaeso\u2026", "thumbnail_url": "https://db.edcs.eu/epigr/bilder/$ILN-03_00041_1.jpg", "title": "Altar with epitaph of Sextus Iulius Felicissimus"}, {"coords": [45.5326, 4.86261], "id": 2163, "item_url": "https://db.mappola.eu/r/Inscriptions/show/2163", "long_id": "MPL02163", "place": "Saint-Romain-en-Gal", "text": "Aetherius moriens dixit: \"Hic condite corpus, terr\u2026", "thumbnail_url": null, "title": "Epitaph of Aetherius"}]

Object Details

Object Type	slab
Material	marble
State of Preservation	incomplete
Dimensions	width: unknown height: unknown depth: unknown
Letter Size in cm (min)	0.0
Letter Size in cm (max)	0.0
Execution Technique	chiselled
Religion	Christian

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography	Above the text, chi-rho flanked to the left and right by a dove and palm branch.
Decoration Tags	Animal / dove Plant / Palm Symbol / Monogr. Christi

Verse Layouts

Prose Verse Presence Carmen
Scriptio Continua in verse part no
Abbreviations in verse part no
Verse Line Correspondence No

Prose Verse Presence	Carmen
Scriptio Continua in verse part	no
Abbreviations in verse part	no
Verse Line Correspondence	No

Text

Function	funerary inscription
Language(s)	Latin
Verse Type(s)	Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation	Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

palma columba chi-rho columba palma

FOEDVLAQVAEMVNDVMDOMINOMISERANTE
RELIQVITHOCIACETINTVMVLOQVEMDEDITALMA
FIDES[]RTINI[]VONDAMPROCERISSVBDEXTERA
TINTACRIMINADEPOSVITFONTERE
5NATADEIADNVNCMARTYRIBVSSEDEM
TRIBVENTIBVSAPTAMCERBASIVM
PROCEREMPROTASIVMQCOLITEMERI
TAMREQVIEMTITVLOSORTITAFIDELE
CONFESSAESTSANCTISQVAESOCIATAIACET

((palma)) ((columba)) ((chi-rho)) ((columba)) ((palma))

Foedula quae mundum domino miserante
reliquit, Hoc iacet in tumulo, quem dedit alma
fides. [Ma]rtini [q]uondam proceris sub dextera
tinta Crimina deposuit fonte re-
5nata dei. Ad nunc martyribus sedem
tribuentibus aptam Cerbasium
procerem Protasiumq(ue) colit. Emeri-
tam requiem titulo sortita fidele
Confessa est, sanctis quae sociata iacet.

((palma)) ((columba)) ((chi-rho)) ((columba)) ((palma))

Foedula quae mundum domino miserante reliquit,
Hoc iacet in tumulo, quem dedit alma fides.
[Ma]rtini [q]uondam proceris sub dextera tinta
Crimina deposuit fonte re|(5)nata dei.
Ad nunc martyribus sedem tribuentibus aptam
Cerbasium procerem Protasiumq(ue) colit.
Emeri|tam requiem titulo sortita fidele
Confessa est, sanctis quae sociata iacet.

Apparatus

l.4 reg., orig. tinta
l.6 reg., orig. Cerbasium

Text follows CIL. Picture checked by Spalla 2025.

Main Translation

Translation	Foedula, who left this world for the mercy of the Lord, lies in this grave that her nourishing faith gave her. Once, accompanied by the hand of Martin, she was cleansed of her sins, reborn in the fountain of God. And now she dwells in her proper place donated by the martyrs, revering Gervasius and Protasius by her side. Having obtained her well-deserved rest, she has confessed her faith in this epitaph, lying beside the saints she joined.
Citation	Fabio Spalla

Other Translations

Fedula, que dejó este mundo por misericordia del Señor, yace en esta tumba que su fe llena de vida le procuro. Bautizada en otro tiempo a manos del obispo Martín, regenerada por el bautismo de Dios, dejó todos sus pecados. Y ahora, al concederle los mártires un lugar adecuado, acompaña a los santos Gervasio y Protasio. Tras haber alcanzado el merecido descanso, en este epitafio declara su fe, yaciendo en compañía de los santos. (Spanish, C. Fernández Martínez)
Fedula, che per la misericordia di Dio ha lasciato questo mondo, giace in questa tomba che la fede che nutre le ha concesso. Battezzata un tempo dalla mano del grande Martino, si è spogliata dei suoi peccati ed è rinata nella sorgente divina. Avendole concesso i martiri una degna dimora, ora venera i grandi Gervasio e Protasio. Ottenuta nella fede, con questa sepoltura, un meritato riposo, lei che ha reso testimonianza, giace associata ai santi. (Italian, C. Carletti)

Prosopographical Information

Name Foedula
Gender Female
Origin Unknown
Role Dedicatee
Name Martinus
Gender Male
Origin Foreign
Profession Religious staff
Name Gervasius
Gender Male
Origin Foreign
Name Protasius
Gender Male
Origin Foreign

Name	Foedula
Gender	Female
Origin	Unknown
Role	Dedicatee

Name	Martinus
Gender	Male
Origin	Foreign
Profession	Religious staff

Name	Gervasius
Gender	Male
Origin	Foreign

Name	Protasius
Gender	Male
Origin	Foreign

Further Information

Comment

Dating proposed in CLE.

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	351 AD
Date (To)	450 AD
Date (Criteria)	names

Bibliography

CIL 12, 02115
CLE 01445
ILCV 02172
RICG 15, 00039
AE 1963, 00088
C. Carletti, Epigrafia dei cristiani in Occidente dal III al VII secolo. Ideologia e prassi, Bari 2008, 296-297, nr. 196. (with photo and Italian translation) 🔗 link
B. Helly, Carte Archéologique de la Gaule 83.3: Vienne, Paris 2014, 489. 🔗 link
EDCS-08501849 🔗 link
MQDQ 🔗 link

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Editing History

Created	2025-03-31, by Fabio Spalla
Work Status	Confirmed
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