Syndexios
Potentianus
Alias Potentianum
Pater that consecrated the Mithraeum of Gimmeldingen.
Incriptio of Corax from Gimmeldingen
Haselburg-Müller
Stone monuments from the Mithras sanctuary in Gimmeldingen
Haselburg-Müller
Biography
of Potentianus
- Potentianus was a Pater of the Mithräum von Gimmeldingen.
- Active c. 325 in Germania superior (Gallia).
Mentions
Inscription of Corax Materninius Faustinus of Gimmeldingen
TNMM 441
The inscription was located at the base of the main Tauroctony of the Gimmeldingen Mithraeum.
In h(onorem) d(omus) d(ivinae) / deo inviht[o] (sic) Midre (sic) / Maternin[i]us Faustinu(s) / carax (sic) fan[um] cum solo inviht[o] / in suo fecit c[ onsac]ratus XI k(alendis) Feb(ruariis).
Fanus (sic) consacrat(us) / per Potentianum / patrem co(n)s(ulibus) / Paulino et Iuliano /l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
Fanus (sic) consacrat(us) / per Potentianum / patrem co(n)s(ulibus) / Paulino et Iuliano /l(ibens) l(aetus) m(erito).
In honour of the divine house, to the invincible god Mithras, Materninius Faustinus, Crow, consecrated a shrine with (a statue of) the invincible Sol, on his property (in suo), on the tenth day before the calendars of February. Sanctuary (fanum) consecrated by Potentianus, Father, the consuls being (Sextus Anicius Faustus) Paulinus and (Ionis) Iulianus, willingly, joyfully and justly.
Mithräum von Gimmeldingen
TNMM 49
The few remains of the Mithraeum of Gimmeldingen are preserved at the Historical Museum of the Palatinate, in Speyer, Germany.