Early Christian inscriptions

Sepulchral inscription of a Christian woman (6th century):
Here rests in peace, Maxima a servant of Christ who lived about 25 years and (was) laid (to rest) 9 days before the Kalends of July of the year when the senator Flavius Probus the younger was consul (June 23, 525).[1] She lived with her husband (for) seven years and six months. (She was) most friendly, loyal in everything, good and prudent.

Early Christian inscriptions are the epigraphical remains of early Christianity. They are a valuable source of information in addition to the writings of the Church Fathers regarding the development of Christian thought and life in the first six centuries of the religion's existence.[2] The three main types are sepulchral inscriptions, epigraphic records, and inscriptions concerning private life.

  1. ^ "deposit.ddb.de". Archived from the original on 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
  2. ^ Although the period of Early Christianity is most often dated up to the early 4th century — that is, before the era of Christian hegemony in the Roman Empire — the term "early Christian" can also be applied through the 6th or 7th century.