Siluram Stone - Caerwent Parish Church - Wales. - Stone Church Artefacts on Waymarking.com

As you step through the porch door of St. Stephen’s and St. Tathan’s, Caerwent Parish Church, you will notice two stones, with latin inscriptions. The larger stone refered to as the Paulinus stone by the church web site stands in the porch of the Church. (with a replica of the stone in the Newport Museum.)

"The Silurum Stone was erected at Caerwent by members of the Silures tribal council in honor of Tiberius Claudius Paulinus, a former commander of the 2nd Augustan Legion, and the Governor of Britannia Secunda in AD 220.

Carwent was called Venta Silurum in Roman times, when it served as the market town and administrative center of the Silures, a Celtic tribe inhabiting southeast Wales at the time of the Roman conquest (AD 43-65

The inscription, with letters, painted red, lists the offices held by Paulinus prior to arriving in Britain.

'To [Tiberius Claudius] Paulinus, Legate of the Second Legion Augusta, proconsul of the province of Narbonensis, emperors propraetorian legate of the province of Lugdunensis, by decree of the council, the Canton of the Silurians '." Text source: (visit link)

St. Stephen’s and St. Tathan’s - Caerwent Parish Church. Built by the Normans in Medieval times, on top of the site of a of an even older Church, with its own cemetery dating from the 5th century. Located in Caerwent, South Wales.

"Caerwent Church Home of St. Tathyw.
The parish church of St. Stephen at Caerwent was originally dedicated to St. Tathyw, its founder, who was later confused with St. Tathan and then St. Stephen. Both have feast days on 26th December.
When St. Tathyw arrived in the Kingdom of Gwent in the later 5th century, King Caradog had his palace at the old Roman town of Caerwent, but he gave the whole place up to Tathyw for the foundation of a monastery. Tathyw built this in the ruins south of the old Roman basilica which may have formed Caradog's palace. He could have adapted an old Pagan temple. Although all trace of Tathyw's first church is now hidden beneath the present building, there was certainly a large Christian cemetery surrounding it from, at least, the 5th century. This was discovered through excavation in 1910." text source: (visit link)

"St. Stephen’s and St. Tathan’s is your local parish Church in Caerwent. We worship Christ in the Anglican tradition, welcoming members and parishioners of all ages, visitors to our historic village in south-east Monmouthshire — and those who are simply curious about the Christian faith. We are a parish in the Diocese of Monmouth (Church in Wales) and one of four in the Caerwent Parish Group. The Church is usually open from 10.00(ish) to dusk. " Text Source: (visit link)

Approximate Age of Artefact: AD 220 Relevant Website: [Web Link]

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