Inscriptions: Epitaph of Luminatius Gregorius by his companions

Identification

Reference as:	MPL02200
Title	Epitaph of Luminatius Gregorius by his companions
Trismegistos-No.	476024

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place	Lactora
Find Context	Reused in the entrance or cloister of the cathedral of Saint-Gervais and Saint-Protais, 12th century. Then found in the cellars of the episcopal palace, 1777.
Latitude	0.0
Longitude	0.0
Current Location	Lectoure, Musée archéologique E. Camoreyt
Inventory number	25
Current Location Details
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Object Details

Object Type	altar
Material	marble
State of Preservation	incomplete
Dimensions	width: 42.5 cm height: 53.0 cm depth: 23.0 cm
Letter Size in cm (min)	3.9
Letter Size in cm (max)	2.4
Execution Technique
Religion

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography	Altar with damaged projecting top. On the front, inscription within moulded frame, lost final line inscribed on the base, below the lower margin. On the back, medieval relief of human figure, perhaps Christ, sitting on a cushion and wearing a liturgical tunic and chasuble, holding in his left hand an open book inscribed with "Pax vobis".
Decoration Tags	Architecture / Altar Architecture / Moulding Architecture / base Architecture / frame

Verse Layouts

Prose Verse Presence	Praescriptum + carmen
Prose Verse Distinction	No distinction
Layout Types (Prose)	Centered Right aligned
Layout Types (Verse)	Right aligned
Scriptio Continua in verse part	yes
Abbreviations in verse part	no
Verse Line Correspondence	No, just uses all available space

Text

Function	funerary inscription
Language(s)	Latin
Verse Type(s)	Dactylic hexameter
Rhythmisation	Quantitative scheme

Inscription & Translations

Diplomatic Interpretative Verse Visualisation

DM
LVMINA
TIOGREG͡O
RIO

MORTE
5CITARAPTO
.VMVLV͡M
[]ECERE
SODALES

D(is) M(anibus).
Lumina-
tio Greg͡o-
rio,

morte
5cita rapto,
ṭumulu͡m
[f]ecere
sodales.

D(is) M(anibus). Luminatio Greg͡orio,

morte cita rapto, ṭumulu͡m [f]ecere sodales.

Apparatus

l.7 reg., orig. fecere

Text follows CIL and ILA. Picture checked by Spalla 2025.
ll. 2-4: Lu(cio) Minatio Gregorio, Mowat; Ésperandieu.
l. 8: sodales, de Crazannes. [parentes], CLE.

Main Translation

Translation	To the Manes. To Luminatius Gregorius, snatched away by quick death, his companions made this.
Citation	Fabio Spalla

Other Translations

[Los padres] hicieron esta tumba para su hijo, que les había sido arrebatado por una muerte prematura. (Spanish, C. Fernández Martínez)
Aux dieux Mânes, à Gregorius, surnommé Luminatius (ou à Luminatius, surnommé Gregorius), emporté brusquement par la mort, ses compagnons (de collège, de travail) ont élevé ce tombeau. (French , G. Fabre, P. Sillières)
A los dioses Manes. A Luminatius Gregorius, arrebatado por una rápida muerte, sus compañeros le hicieron una tumba. (Spanish, H. Belloc)

Prosopographical Information

Name Luminatius Gregorius
Gender Male
Role Dedicatee

Name	Luminatius Gregorius
Gender	Male
Role	Dedicatee

Further Information

Comment

Dating proposed by Fabre and Sillières (ILA).

Squeeze

Have Squeeze?	no

Dating

Date (From)	171 AD
Date (To)	230 AD
Date (Criteria)	names

Bibliography

CLE 00825
CIL 13, 00531
ILA-Lectoure 00030 (with French translation; photos and drawing, 192; also on dating)
C. de Crazannes, Dissertation sur le taurobole et sur les inscriptions tauroboliques de Lectoure, Mémoires et Dissertations sur Les Antiquités Nationales et Étrangères 3 (1837), 174 (with drawing, tab. 3, fig. 18) 🔗 link
R. Mowat, Bulletin épigraphique 5. Sigles et autres abréviations, Bulletin épigraphique 5 (1885), 30-31. 🔗 link
É. Espérandieu, Inscriptions antiques de Lectoure, Auch 1892, 70-72, nr. 29 (with French translation and photo, 70) 🔗 link
J. Cholodniak, Carmina sepulcralia latina epigraphica, Petersburg 1904, 305, nr. 858a. 🔗 link
J. Lapart, C. Petit, Carte archéologique de la Gaule 32 : Le Gers, Paris 1993, 219. 🔗 link
C. Fernández Martínez, Poesía epigráfica latina I, Madrid 1998, 406, nr. 825 (Spanish translation of the hexameter) 🔗 link
CLEO A005 (with Spanish translation) 🔗 link
EDCS-10400699 🔗 link
MQDQ 🔗 link
Petrae 🔗 link

Images

Front of the altar of Luminatius Gregorius.
Source: Petrae (c) ILA
Back of the altar of Luminatius Gregorius.
Source: Petrae (c) ILA
Drawing of the altar of Luminatius Gregorius with lost final line.
Source: Petrae (c) C. de Crazannes

Editing History

Created	2025-08-06, by Fabio Spalla
Work Status	Complete
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