Donatist Martyr Stories

The Church in Conflict in Roman North Africa

Maureen A. Tilley

Translated Texts for Historians LUP

With this volume, Donatism regains its voice and its hagiography is available in English for the first time. The stories included provide a unique opportunity to glimpse the daily life of the church which for over a century was the faith of the majority of North African Christians. The narratives represent the lives and deaths of Christians who carried on pre-Constantine traditions from the fourth century to the advent of Islam.

Donatist Martyr Stories

The Church in Conflict in Roman North Africa

Maureen A. Tilley

Liverpool University Press

Translated Texts for Historians LUP

Description

With this volume, Donatism regains its voice and its hagiography is available in English for the first time. The stories included provide a unique opportunity to glimpse the daily life of the church which for over a century was the faith of the majority of North African Christians. The narratives represent the lives and deaths of Christians who carried on pre-Constantine traditions from the fourth century to the advent of Islam.

Donatist Martyr Stories

The Church in Conflict in Roman North Africa

Maureen A. Tilley

Liverpool University Press

Translated Texts for Historians LUP

Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
Legal and Literary Notes
The Donatist Passion of Cyprian
The Acts of Saint Felix Bishop and Martyr
The Passion of Saints Maxima, Donatilla and Secunda
The Acts of the Abitinian Martyr
A Sermon Given on the Passion of Saints Donatus and Advocatus
The Passion of Maximian and Isaac
The Martyrdom of Marculus
Map of Donatist North Africa
Bibliography
Index