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  2. Known unto God - Wikipedia

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    The phrase "Known unto God" forms the standard epitaph for all unidentified soldiers of the First World War buried in Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) cemeteries. [1] [2] The phrase is engraved towards the bottom of the gravestone. The first line of text on the stone is a description of the deceased, which may be little more than "A ...

  3. Early Christian inscriptions - Wikipedia

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    Christian inscription on a deacon's tombstone from present-day Austria, dated to the year 533 by the use of consular notation. The earliest of these epitaphs are characterized by their brevity, only the name of the dead being given. Later a short acclamation was added, such as "in God" or "in Peace."

  4. Epitaph - Wikipedia

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    Epitaph on the base of the Haymarket Martyrs' Monument, Waldheim Cemetery, Forest Park, Illinois. An epitaph (from Ancient Greek ἐπιτάφιος (epitáphios) 'a funeral oration'; from ἐπι-(epi-) 'at, over' and τάφος (táphos) 'tomb') [1] [2] is a short text honoring a deceased person. Strictly speaking, it refers to text that is ...

  5. The Tombstone Epitaph - Wikipedia

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    In addition to publishing the historical monthly, The Epitaph office in Tombstone's historical district welcomes visitors from 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily. Inside of Tombstone's oldest continually operated business, visitors can watch a free video presentation on printing in the 1880s, view a Washington flat bed press on which early issues of ...

  6. Roman funerary art - Wikipedia

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    For men who died in battle, the erection of ornate tombstones was a final attempt at Romanization. [114] Reliefs on auxiliary tombstones often depict men on horseback, denoting the courage and heroism of the auxiliary's cavalrymen. [115] Though expensive, tombstones were likely within the means of the common soldier. [113]

  7. John Berridge - Wikipedia

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    Berridge wrote in the epitaph on his tomb his stages of religious development. The first stage was "Remained ignorant of my fallen state till 1730". [3] This stage referred to the fact that at age fourteen, Berridge came to believe that "he was a sinner, and must be born again". [4] Cambridge Berridge's father sent him to Cambridge.