Epitaph for the Nun Florentia

Florentia virgo Christi vix. ann XXI et vita brevi explevit tempora multa. obdormuit in pace Iesu quem dilexit  kal.April.era DCXXVI. Epitaphius Florentiae

Florentia, a virgin of Christ, lived twenty one years And in a brief life expended much time. She slept in the peace of Jesus whom she loved On the Kalends of April in the year 626. Epitaph for Florentia

Epitaph for Ursinianus

Ursiniano subdiacono sub hoc tumulo ossa quiescunt, qui meruit sanctorum sociari sepulcrum, quem nec Tartarus furens nec poena saeva nocebit. hunc titulum posuit Ludula dulcissima coniux  Epitaphios Ursiniano

The bones of the subdeacon Ursinianus rest beneath this tumulus, He who merited a tomb with the saints, Whom neither furious Tartarus nor cruel punishment shall harm. Ludula, his sweet wife, this inscription composed. Epitaph for Ursinianus

Epitaph for Cinegius

Exegit vitam florente Cinegius aevo et laetus sancta placidae requiescit in aula. illum nunc Felicis habet domus alma beati, dudum per longos susceptum possidet annos, ipseque iam placita laetatur in hospite Felix. sic et tutus erit iuvenis sub iudice Christo, cum tuba terribilis sonitu concusserit orbem humanaeque animae rursum in sua vasa redibunt: Felici merito hic sociabitur ante tribunal. interea in gremio Abraham cum pace quiescit. Epitaphios Cinegio

Cinegius passed from life in the flower of age And happy rests in a sacred place of peace. Now his is the bountiful house of blessed Felix, Through long years it is his possession, And his is the joy of the hospitality of Felix. And so safe the youth before Christ's judgement, When the terrible trumpet's blast shakes the earth And again human souls return into their vessels, For in Felix's favour he shall stand before the tribunal. Until then in Abraham's lap he rests in peace. Epitaph for Cinegius

Epitaph for Mandrosa

Mandrosa hic nomine, omnium gratia plena, fidelis in Christo, eius mandata reservans, martyrum obsequiis devota transegi falsi seculi vitam, unius viri consortio ter quinus coniuncta per annos reddidi nunc domino rerum debitum communem omnibus olim. Epitaphios Mandrosae

Here is one named Mandrosa, in all things pleasing, Faithful in Christ, guarding his commandments, To martyrs' service devoted I passed my life in a false age. A wife of one man, fifteen years married, I return now to the Lord of all the common debt. Epitaph for Mandrosa

Epitaph For Sofroniola

Castitas fides caritas pietas obsequium et quaecumque deus faeminis inesse praecepit, his ornata bonis Sofroniola in pace quiescit.  Martinianus iugalis eius titulum ex more dicabit. Epitaphios Sofroniola

Chaste, faithful, loving, pious, peaceable, And whatever God commands to inhere in woman, With these adorned Sofroniola rests in peace. Martinianus, her yoke fellow, according to the custom, composed this. Epitaph for Sofroniola

Epitaph for Paccius and Germilla

Paccius hic ego sum Germilla compare gaudens. viximus heu nimium frugi, dum iussa tulerunt, atque per emensum spatiis transegimus aevum, coniuge cum sancta suscepta prole potitus, per senos iterumque decem sat fecimus annos. tristia sunt natis, sed multum grata parenti, ut prior in pacem cedat subolemque relinquet. Epitaphios Paccio et Germillae

Here I Paccius rejoice to be joined with Germilla. We lived very frugally while the commands we bore, And our service done we passed from the world. Sacred marriage undertaken we obtained a child, For sixteen years we did what was required. Grief to offspring, but much happiness to parents, That before passing into peace they left a child. Epitaph for Paccius and Germilla

Epitaph for Praestina

Praestina, tibi Verus tuus heu grave munus soluo sub hoc carum deponens marmore corpus. discrevit nos vita quidem, sed vivet amoris indivisa fides, erit hic quoque copula nobis, coniugio nostro nec mors divortia ponet. concorders animas Christus revocabit in unum. Epitaphios Praestinae

Praestina, for you your Verus, alas, performs a heavy duty, A dear body beneath marble he places. Our life is destroyed, but the indivisible faith Of our love lives on and here also we shall be a couple; On our marriage death cannot place divorce. Souls in harmony Christ shall call into one. Epitaph for Praestina

Epitaph For Pulcheria

Clauditur hoc tumulo Benedicti fida iugalis, quae tenuit castam defuncto coniuge vitam. nomine Pulcheria fuit, sed nomine formam signavit mentemque, simul vitamque decentem. filius his Thomas, aluit quem blanda relictae simpliciter pietas cari post fata mariti, officium sola exibuit commune parentum, ipsius hic collo genetrix portata quiescit: tale decus meruit funeris pia mater habere Epitaphios Pulcheriae

This tumulus holds Benedict's faithful wife, She who was chaste with spouse deceased. Her name was Pulcheria, that name signifying Form and mind, as well as a decorous life. Their son Thomas, whom this gentle widow raised, She ever pious after the death of her husband, The common office of parents alone fulfilling, He carried her to this mound to rest Such an honour a pious mother merited. Epitaph for Pulcheria

Epitaph for Maria and Eugenia

Hic iunctae saepulchris iacent Maria venerabelis religione et eius Eugenia neptes sed Maria longum vitae cursum centeno console duxit obiit d idus Ianuarius. Eugenia XVIII annos habens iuventatis florem amisit durae violintia mortis. obiit d III kalendas Ianuarius.  Epitaphios Mariae et Eugeniae

Here together entombed lie, pious in religion, Maria and her niece Eugenia, But Maria's course of life was long, One hundred years she enjoyed And died on the Ides of January. Eugenia lived eighteen years, She lost the flower of youth To the violence of cruel death. She died on the third Kalends of January. Epitaph for Maria and Eugenia

Epitaph for a Little Boy

Hic iacet extinctus primo sub limine vitae angusto multum dilectus tempore pupus. nec reor hunc lacrimis fas esse urgere beatum, corporis exutus vinclis qui gaudet in astris. nec mala terreni sensit contagia sensus. menses namque nouem postquam super addidit anno conplevitq. dies vitae sex, iuit ad astra. Epitaphios Puero

Here lies one dead on the threshold of life, A little boy who gave great joy in a brief time. I do not think it is right to exhort him to blessedness with tears, Freed from the chains of the body he rejoices among the stars. No evil contagion of earth he knows. Nine months he added to a year completed And six days, and so he went to the stars. Epitaph for A Boy

Epitaph for Paulina

Paulina hic posita est clarissima femina mater quae meruit miserante deo ut funus acerbum nesciret natae, quae mox in pace secuta est. Epitaphios Paulinae

Here is placed Paulina, an eminent woman and mother, Who merited by the mercy of God that she would not know The bitter funeral of a daughter, she who soon followed her into peace. Epitaph for Paulina

Epitaph for Maria

Sanctorum gremiis commendat Maria corpus casta gravis sapiens clemens moderata quieta, claram sublimis fudit quam partus in auras, sed placitura deo generis superavit honorem haec non mortales, sed virginitatis amore aeternos sortita toros Christiq. petivit perepetuam  lucem, nullo quae fine tenetur. tertius et decimus gaudens hanc viderat annus, conposuit corpus, caelum cum laeta petivit. texerat haec sacros casto velamine crines, sed Christum festina petit mundumq. reliquit. Epitaphios Mariae

Into the lap of the saints Maria commends her body, Chaste thoughtful wise kind moderate and quiet, She who born brought with her great light, But being pleasing to God, her family's honor surpassing, Not with mortal but with love of virginity The eternal wedding chamber of Christ she chose, And sought the light perpetual, which without end she might obtain. This happy one, seeing thirteen years, Composed her body and sought heaven with joy. Covering her sacred hair with a chaste veil She swiftly sought Christ and the world abandoned. Epitaph for Maria

Epitaph for Artemia

Hic icaet Artemia, dulcis aptissimus infans et visu grata et verbis dulcissima  cunctis quattor in quinto ad Christum detulit annos, innocens subito ad caelestia regna transivit. Epitaphios  Artemiae

Here lies Artemia, a sweet most fitting child, A grace to see and with sweet words for all. Four years going on five to Christ She was taken, An innocent suddenly to the celestial realm transported. Epitaph for Artemia

Epitaph for Felicia

Aspicite venientes hic mea membra sepulta: hic recubo felix parba etate peremta. Felicia mici nomen est ex progenie ductu, octavo etatis in saeclo gesseram anno. dulcis eram patri et garrula matri, serbis eram leta, tota me leta ferebam. non vitium mors, consuetudo propria natis, virginio iam cetu nunc letior adsto. ultime cum dominus totum concusserit orbem, tunc cineres isti mundo pereunte resurgent. Epitaph for Felicia

See, you who come, here my members buried; Here I rest happy in young age cut off. Felicia my name, from my lineage drawn, Eight years of age I attained. Sweet I was to father, a chatterbox to mother, A joy to servants, all bore me gladly. No fault is death, it is the proper way of those born; And a virgin I wait more joyfully in the whale Until at last the Lord strikes the whole earth And these ashes, as the world perishes, rise. Epitaphios Feliciae

Epitaph for Martyrs

Tempore quo gladius secuit pia viscera matris  sexaginta duo capti feritate tyranni  extemplo ducibus missis tunc colla dedere.  confessi Christum superato principe mundi  aetheriam petiere domum regnaque piorum.   Sanctus Damasus I, Epigrammata XXXII

When the sword pierced a pious mother's interior, Sixty two captives of a tyrant's ferocity Forthwith to officers sent offered their necks. Confessing Christ, conquering the prince of the world, They sought the heavenly dwelling and the kingdom of the pious. Saint Damasus I, Epigram 32