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Aurelius Victor Augentius
Pater Patrum of the Mithraeum of Piazza S. Silvestro in Capite
Biography
of Aurelius Victor Augentius
- Aurelius Victor Augentius was a Pater of the Mitreo di S. Silvestro in Capite.
- Active c. 376 in Roma, Latium (Italia).
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Son of the patriarch of the Olympius saga, of senatorial rank, who for at least three generations watched over a Mithraic community in the 4th century Rome.
Aurelius is the son of Nonius Victor Olympius and father of Emilianus Corfo Olympius and Tamesius Augentius Olympius. He was initiated as a Corax in 346, Pater in 357-362 and Pater Patrum in 376.
References
- Bricault; Roy (2021) Les cultes de Mithra dans l'Empire Romain
Mentions
Altar dedicated by Pater Patrum Augentius
TNMM 445
This altar, now lost, mentions that the Pater Patrum passed on the attributes of the sacred Corax to his son.
Altar to a Perses of S. Silvestro in Capite
TNMM 517
This monument was erected on the occasion of the elevation of a member to the Mithraic grade of Perses.
Inscription of the Olympius for a Leo
TNMM 448
The inscription explains the transmission of the fourth Mithraic degree through the Paters of the Mitraeum of San Silvestro.
Mitreo di S. Silvestro in Capite
TNMM 446
This Mithraic temple, aka Mithraeum of the Olympii, was discovered in the 15th century in Rome, although traces have been lost except for a few monuments with remarkable inscriptions.