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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Prima, female saint of Carthage

Saint ID

S01895

Number in BH

-

Gender
Female
Type of Saint
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E05139Procopius of Caesarea, in his On Buildings, reports that the emperor Justinian (r. 527-565) built a shrine of *Mary Theotokos, Mother of God (S00033) within the palace at Carthage (central North Africa) and one of *Prima (female saint of Carthage, S01895) outside the palace; both after 534. Written in Greek at Constantinople, in the 550s.