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Identification

Reference as: MPL00045
Title Funerary inscription for the bishop Valentinianus
Trismegistos-No. 217020

Object

Provenance and Location

Find Place Curia
Find Context found before the year 1572
Latitude 0.0
Longitude 0.0
Current Location Chur, S. Mariä Himmelfahrt, Kathedrale
Inventory number
Current Location Details The top and largest part of the slab is lost.
Vicinity

Object Details

Object Type slab
Material marble
State of Preservation fragmentary
Dimensions

width: 18.0 cm

height: 21.0 cm

depth: 7.0 cm

Letter Size in cm (min) 2.0
Letter Size in cm (max) 2.5
Execution Technique chiselled
Religion Christian

Decoration

Decoration and Iconography
Decoration Tags

Verse Layouts

  • Prose Verse PresenceProse + Verse + Prose
    Scriptio Continua in verse partno
    Abbreviations in verse partno
    Verse Line CorrespondenceNo, but follows metrical subdivisions

Text

Function dedication / votive inscription
Language(s)
  • Latin
Verse Type(s)
  • Elegiac couplet
Rhythmisation

Inscription & Translations

SCEMEPCS

HOCIACITINTOMOLOQVEMDEFLEVIT
RETICATELLVS

MAXIMASVMMORVMGLORIAPON
5TIFECVM

ABIECTISQVIFVDITOPESNVDA
TAQVETEXIT
AGMINACAPTIVISPRAEMIALARGA
FERENS

10ESTPIETASVICINAPOLONECFV
NERISICTVM

SENTITOVANSFACTISQVIPETIT
ASTRABONIS

HISPOLLENSTITVLISVALENTIA
15NESACERDVS

CREDERISACVNCTISNONPOTV
ISSEMORI
QVIVIXITINHOCSAE
C
ANNPLMNLXXDPSVBDVIIIDIAN
SEPPCBASIVCCSINDXIPAVLINVSNE
20POSIPSIVSHECFIERIORDINAVIT
S (an)c(ta)e m(emoriae) ep(is)c(opu)s

Hoc iacit in tomolo quem deflevit
R(a)etica tellus

maxima summorum gloria pon-
5tifecum
,
abiectis qui fudit opes nuda-
taque texit
agmina captivis praemia larga
ferens
.
10Est pietas vicina polo, nec fu-
neris ictum

sentit, ovans factis qui petit
astra bonis
.
His pollens titulis, Valentia-
15ne sacerdus
,
Crederis a cunctis non potu-
isse mori.
-
Qui vixit in hoc sae-
c(ulo)
ann(os) pl(us) m(i)n(us) LXX d(e)p(ositus) sub d(ie) VII Id(us) Ian(uarias)
sep(ties) p(ost) c(onsulatum) Basi(li) v(iri) c(larissimi) c(onsuli)s ind(ictione) XI. Paulinus ne-
20pos ipsius h(a)ec fieri ordinavit.
S (an)c(ta)e m(emoriae) ep(is)c(opu)s-

Hoc iacit in tomolo quem deflevit R(a)etica tellus
maxima summorum gloria pontifecum,
abiectis qui fudit opes nudataque texit
agmina captivis praemia larga ferens.
Est pietas vicina polo, nec funeris ictum
sentit, ovans factis qui petit astra bonis.
His pollens titulis, Valentiane sacerdus,
Crederis a cunctis non potuisse mori.
-
Qui vixit in hoc sae-
c(ulo)
ann(os) pl(us) m(i)n(us) LXX d(e)p(ositus) sub d(ie) VII Id(us) Ian(uarias) sep(ties) p(ost) c(onsulatum) Basi(li) v(iri) c(larissimi) c(onsuli)s ind(ictione) XI. Paulinus ne20pos ipsius h(a)ec fieri ordinavit.
Apparatus

l.2 tomolo orig., reg. tumulo
l.4 pon-5tifecum orig., reg. pontificum
l.15 sacerdus orig., reg. sacerdos

Text follows AE.

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Prosopographical Information

  • NameValentianus
    GenderMale
    Age RangeSenile (61+) [expression: Canonical, precision: low]
    ProfessionReligious staff
    RoleDedicatee
  • NamePaulinus
    GenderMale
    RoleDedicator

Further Information

Comment

Squeeze

Have Squeeze? no

Dating

Date (From) 548 AD
Date (To) 548 AD
Date (Criteria)
  • history

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Editing History

Created 2026-07-24, by Chiara Cenati
Work Status Complete
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Revisions
  1. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-24 12:51
  2. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-24 13:28
  3. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-24 13:46
  4. by Chiara Cenati
    at 2026-07-24 13:50
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