In the introductory part of the treatise, the research history of the early Christian era in the territory of today\u27s Bavaria is dealt with, further on the main questions referring to the history of early Christianity in this area (4th—6th century) are enumerated. The central attention is given to the detailed analysis of an early Christian inscription in Regensburg (inscription, mentioning Sarmannina). Critically presenting the up till now known archeological researches and unreliable inscription interpretations, the author gives his interpretation, thus correcting the up till now existing presentations and opening new interpretation possibilities.V uvodnem delu razprave je predstavljen historiat raziskovanja zgodnjekrščanske dobe na ozemlju današnje Bavarske, nato so nanizana poglavitna vprašanja iz zgodovine zgodnjega krščanstva v tem prostoru (4.-6. stoletje). Osrednji del razprave predstavlja podrobna analiza zgodnjekrščanskega napisa iz Regensburga (napis z omembo Sarmannine). Ob kritični predstavitvi dosedanjih arheoloških raziskav in nezanesljivih razlag napisa je avtor predložil svoje branje napisa, ki korigira dosedanje predstave in odpira nove interpretacijske možnosti
