Name
Marculus, Donatist bishop and martyr in Africa, ob. 347
Saint ID
S00618
Number in BH
L 5271
Reported Death Not Before
347
Reported Death Not After
347
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
| ID | Title | E00959 | Optatus, bishop of Milevis (Numidia, central North Africa), in his polemical treatise Against Parmenianus, states that the Donatists venerate *Marculus (Donatist bishop and martyr, ob. 347, S00618) and *Donatus (probably Donatist bishop of Carthage, ob. c. 355, S00619) as martyrs, and swear by them. Written in Latin, probably in Milevis, 364/c. 384. | E05033 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 27 November. | E06329 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Marculus (Donatist bishop and martyr of Numidia, ob. 347, S00618) recounts how, in a persecution instigated by the emperor Constans, Marculus is arrested, tortured, dragged through cities of Numidia (central North Africa), and eventually cast to his death down a precipice; his body is miraculously recovered by the faithful. Written in central North Africa, probably shortly after the events described. | E07131 | The Latin inscription commemorating the relics of *Marculus (Donatist bishop and martyr, ob. 347, S00618). Found at present-day Ksar el Kelb (Proconsularis, central North Africa). |
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