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Plate facing p32 of Rodolfo Lanciani, Pagan and Christian Rome

[image ALT: A fresco depicting a procession of mitered and robe Christian clerics carring various objects. It is a fresco in the church of S. Clemente in Rome, representing the translation of the remains of St. Cyril.]

THE TRANSLATION OF S. CYRIL'S REMAINS
(Fresco in S. Clemente, done at the order of Maria Macellaria)

Transcribed:

Huc a Vaticano fertur papae Nicolao imnis divinis quod aromatibus sepeliunt. . .

Ego Maria Macellaria pro timore dei et remedio anime meae. . . .

Translated:

It (sc., the body of St. Cyril) was brought here from the Vatican to •Pope Nicholas with holy hymns to be buried with aromatics

I Maria Macellaria, for the fear of God and the healing of my soul. . . .

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