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S.AB.01.02 SEERI

St. Mary’s Syro-Malabar Church , Kuravilangad

Kuravilangad › Kerala
S.AB.01.02 View full size
ܡܪܝ ܐܠܟܣܕܪܘܣ ܒܪ ܩܘܪܝܩܘܣ
ܘܐܓܢܣ ܦܐܠܝܒܝܛܝܠ ܡܢ ܡܪܥܝܬܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ
ܕܩܘܪܒܝܠܢܓܛ ܩܝܘܡܐ ܫܠܝܚܐ
ܕܡܠܒܪ ܐܬܬܢܝܚ ܒܡܪܢ ܒܝܘܡ
ܟܓ ܒܟܢܘܢ ܩܕܝܡ ܡܕܢܚܐ ܒܫܢܬ
ܐܣܦܙ ܟܕ ܢܣܒ ܒܝܢܬܢ ܐܪܙܐ
ܐܚܪܝܐ ܕܥܕܬܐ ܘܐܬܩܒܪ
ܒܩܒܪܐ ܗܢܐ ܕܒܡܕܒܚܐ
ܕܥܕܬܐ ܙܗܝܪܬܐ ܕܡܪܬܝ
ܡܪܝܡ ܒܙܘܝܚܐ ܒܬܪ ܕܐܫܬܡܫ
ܐܪܙܐ ܡܢ ܡܬܝ ܐܪܟܕܝܩܘܢ
ܒܝܘܡܐ ܐܚܪܢܐ ܕܐܝܬܘܗܝ ܗܘܐ
ܥܪܘܒܬܐ܀

Mar Alexander, the son of Quriakose and Agnes Palliveettil from the parish church of Kuruvilangattu, the vicar apostolic of Malabar took rest in our Lord on 23rd December , in the year 1687 after having received among us the last sacrament of the church and was buried in this tomb which is in the sanctuary of the splendid church of Marth Maryam with a solemn procession after the sacrament of Eucharist was celebrated by Archdeacon Mathai on the following day which was a Friday.

Notes
On the plaque, the Syriac inscription is given after the English translation of the same and it is followed by its Malayalam translation.
Context
Date 20th century (?)
Language Syriac
Script East Syriac
Location Detail Tomb of Mar Alexander de Kampo (d. 1687), in front of the sanctuary
Dimensions 51 × 39cm; 13 lines
Material Granite
References
F. Briquel Chatonnet, A. Desreumaux, J. Thekeparambil, Recueil des inscriptions syriaques 1: Kerala, Paris 2008, pp. 113–118 (Kuravilangad 3).
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