Hic semper

Posted on 10 March 2007 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Can any of you who may be in Rome reading this tell me where you can find this whimsical stone!   I might give you a prize if you can come up with the spot.

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10 Responses to Hic semper

  1. Andrew says:
    10 March 2007 at 7:26 pm

    I am not in Rome, and I have no idea what this is about: but it looks to me like some joke, so I would guess that it is to be found at some school, some educational institution?

    Do the letters HIC mean “hic iacet conditus”? Clearly the years mean: from 1989 to eternity. Am I comopletely off? Ubi sunt periti?

  2. Justice says:
    10 March 2007 at 8:15 pm

    Actually, that looks vaguely familiar. I’ll poke around tomorrow and see if I can find it and grab a picture.

  3. Andrew says:
    11 March 2007 at 1:24 am

    Never mind! I didn’t see the “R” at the end of “Semper” and I was wondering who would be Sam Pep.

  4. Melody says:
    11 March 2007 at 6:35 am

    Is the place related to St. Blaise?

  5. Justice says:
    11 March 2007 at 11:24 pm

    Found it in the Roman Forum. The stone’s on a wall facing the gate to St. Sebastian’s off a dead-end path from the Via Sacra.

  6. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf says:
    11 March 2007 at 11:45 pm

    Justice: Good for you! Well done!

  7. Séamas says:
    12 March 2007 at 6:13 am

    Just a quick search of Rome, eh, Justice?

  8. Zadok the Roman says:
    12 March 2007 at 1:54 pm

    What’s the story behind the stone?

  9. Fr. John Zuhlsdorf says:
    12 March 2007 at 6:25 pm

    Zadok: Not a clue. It is a real curiosity for me.

  10. Zadok the Roman says:
    12 March 2007 at 6:28 pm

    More proof that it’s impossible to know everything about Rome’s sites.