
Emilianus Corfo Olympius
Biography
of Emilianus Corfo Olympius
- Emilianus Corfo Olympius was a Corax of the Mitreo di S. Silvestro in Capite and of the Mitreo di S. Silvestro in Capite.
- Active c. 376 in Roma, Latium (Italia).
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His father Aurelius Victor Augentius, Pater Patrum of the Mitreo di Piazza S. Silvestro in Capite, dedicated an altar to the initiation of Emilianus as a sacred raven in 376, when he was still a child.
'These men held the rank of vir clarissimi, except for Aemilianus who is listed as a clarissimus puero, indicating he was only a child when he was initiated. Aemilianos also holds the unusual title of hierocoracica, which appears to be an alternative form of corax.'
—David Walsh (2018) The Cult of Mithras in Late Antiquity
Development, Decline and Demise Ca. A.D. 270-430
References
- Bricault; Roy (2021) Les cultes de Mithra dans l'Empire Romain
Mentions
Altar dedicated by Pater Patrum Augentius
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This altar, now lost, mentions that the Pater Patrum passed on the attributes of the sacred Corax to his son.
Mitreo di S. Silvestro in Capite
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This Mithraic temple, also known as the Mithraeum of the Olympii, dates to the 3rd century and was rediscovered in 15th-century Rome, but it has not been preserved.
Mitreo di S. Silvestro in Capite
TNMM 446
This Mithraic temple, also known as the Mithraeum of the Olympii, dates to the 3rd century and was rediscovered in 15th-century Rome, but it has not been preserved.
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