“Vetus Superstitio et Nova Religio” the Problem of Refrigerium in the Ancient Church of North Africa
1940; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 33; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0017816000018770
ISSN1475-4517
Autores Tópico(s)Archaeology and Historical Studies
ResumoThe history of the Church in North Africa, so far at least as the sources are concerned, begins for us in the year 180, and it begins with martyrdoms. At Carthage on July 17, Namphano of Madaura, called “Protomartyr” by Augustine, Miggin, Sanam, and six other Christians from Scili in Numidia were sentenced to death by the proconsul Saturninus and beheaded. The official record of their trial has been preserved to us in Greek and Latin and constitutes the oldest document in Africa's Church History.
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