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Description: Roman mosaic of "Crescentinus diaconus" in the Bardo National Museum. The mosaic dates from the 4th century A.D. The inscription in Latin reads: „Angelorum (h)ospes/ martyrum comes/ vitamque spirans/ placidam ad te sanc/te profectus sit nost/ri memor grata pie/tate qua solet/ Crescentinus diac(onus)/ in pace red(didit) III Kal(endas) Aug(ustas)“ The inscription translates: „"The host of the angels, the count of the martyrs, and breathing a peaceful life, may he go to you in a holy manner. Our memory, with the gracious piety with which the deacon Crescentinus is accustomed, returned in peace the 3rd Augustus Kalends."“
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