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Sergius BacchusSergius Bacchus Greek InscriptionsephendoreBucoleon Palace of ConstantinopleConstantinople, Bucoleon PalaceBucoleon Palace of ConstantinopleBucoleon Palace of ConstantinopleBucoleon Palace of ConstantinopleBucoleon Palace of ConstantinopleWalled ObeliskConstantinople, Part of the Serpent ColumnSerpent Column from Delphoi,ConstantinopleSerpent Column from Delphoi, ConstantinopleConstantinople, Serpent Column - locationConstantinople, Serpent Column - labelConstantinople, Part of the Serpent ColumnHippodrome ConstantinopleHippodrome Spina ObeliskHippodrome Spina Obelisk PedestalHippodrome Spina Obelisk PedestalHippodrome Spina Obelisk PedestalHippodrome Spina Obelisk 2Hippodrome Spina Obelisk 2 InscriptionHippodrome Spina Serpents ColumnHippodrome Spina SerpentsSouthwest sideSouthwest side of Theodosius ObeliskObelisk of Theodosius - DikilitaşBase of the Theodosius Obelisk in the HippodromeSouthwest side of Theodosius Obelisk

Location:

  • Türkiye, Istanbul
  • geo:41.002686,28.972237
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 5xx / unknown

Class:

  • Relief, votiv stone or altar
  • visible

Annotations

The inscription in the church of Saints Sergios and Bacchos in Constantnoplee commissioned by Justnian and Theodora .

Ἄλλοι μὲν βα]σιλῆες ἐτιμήσαντο θανόντας

ἀνέρας, ὧν ἀνόνητος ἔην πόνος· ἡμέτερος δὲ

εὐσεβίην σκηπτοῦχος Ἰουστινιανὸς ἀέξων

Σέργιον αἰγλήεντι δόμῳ θεράποντα γεραίρει

  Χριστοῦ παγγενέταο· τὸν οὐ πυρὸς ἀτμὸς ἀνάπτων,

οὐ ξίφος, οὐχ ἑτέρη βασάνων ἐτάραξεν ἀνάγκη,

ἀλλὰ θεοῦ τέτληκεν ὑπὲρ Χριστοῖο δαμῆναι

αἵματι κερδαίνων δόμον οὐρανόν. ἀλλ᾽ ἐνὶ πᾶσιν

κοιρανίην βασιλῆος ἀκοιμήτοιο φυλάξοι

 καὶ κράτος αὐξήσειε θεοστεφέος Θεοδώρης,

ἧς νόος εὐσεβίῃ φαιδρύνεται, ἧς πόνος ἀεὶ

ἀκτεάνων θρεπτῆρες ἀφειδέες εἰσὶν ἀγῶνες.

See;

  1. http://www.livius.org/pictures/turkey/istanbul/constantinople-ss-sergius-and-bacchus/sergius-and-bacchus-greek-inscription-1/
  2. David Hendrix, The Byzantine Legacy, 2016 - https://www.thebyzantinelegacy.com/sergius-bacchus
  3. Paweł Nowakowski, Anicia Juliana and her involvement in the cult of saints in Constantinople, ANAMED Summer Programme in Byzantine Epigraphy (Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Istanbul, 3-9 September 2018)
  4. Brian Croke: “Justinian, Theodora, and the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus.” Dumbarton Oaks Papers, vol. 60, 2006, pp. 25–63. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/25046210. Accessed 8 Jan. 2021.

Nearby

Little Hagia Sophia

Little Hagia Sophia-The Church of Sergius and Bacchus - Küçük Ayasofya.

Sphendone

Sphendone

Harbour of Justinian

Harbour of Justinian


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