Syndexios
Lucius Florius Hermadion
Priest. He devoted an inscription found on the main altar of the Mitreo della Planta Pedis.
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Biography
of Lucius Florius Hermadion
- Lucius Florius Hermadion is attested as a member of a Mithraic community (syndexios) at the Mitreo della Planta Pedis.
- Attested in the late 2nd – early 3rd century.
- Attested in Ostia, Latium, Italia in late 2nd – early 3rd century (TNMM 515).
TNMP 148
He might be the same person as Lucius Flavius Hermadion who offered a Mithras rock-birth sculpture, currently located in Ireland.
References
- Epigraphik-Datenbank Clauss / Slaby. Dedication of Florius Hermadio from Ostia in EDCS.
- Ostia-Antica.org (2020) Regio III - Insula XVII - Caseggiato del Mitreo della Planta Pedis (III,XVII,2) and Mitreo.
Attestations
Dedication of Florius Hermadio from Ostia
TNMM 515
Marble revetment inscription from the cult niche of the Mitreo della Planta Pedis recording a dedication to Sol Invictus Mithras by the priest Florius Hermadio for the welfare of two emperors.
Pr[o] sal[ute] Augg[ustorum duorum] / S[oli] i[nvicto] M[ithrae] / [L. ?] Florius Hermadio[n] / sacerdos s[ua] p[ecunia] f[ecit].
For the salvation of the two Augusts, to Sol invincible Mithras, [Lucius [?]] Florius Hermadion, priest, made at his own expense.
Mitreo della Planta Pedis
TNMM 94
The floor of the central aisle of the Mithraeum of the Footprint in Ostia has a mosaic depicting a snake and a footprint.
