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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Primus, Victoria, Perpetua and companions, martyrs of Africa

Saint ID

S01709

Reported Death Not Before

180

Reported Death Not After

312

Gender
Male
Female
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Groups and pairs of saints
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E04423Augustine of Hippo preaches a sermon on the feast of a group of martyrs, including *Primus, Victoria and Perpetua (martyrs of Africa, S01709); he warns his audience not to celebrate the day by drinking. Sermon 335A, delivered in Latin in an unknown city of North Africa, possibly Hippo Regius (Numidia, central North Africa), sometime between 391 and 430.
E05008The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 4 November.