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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


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


Name

Nabor, deacon of Africa, martyred by Donatists

Saint ID

S01931

Reported Death Not Before

350

Reported Death Not After

411

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Lesser clergy
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E04577Latin epigram, probably by Augustine of Hippo, commemorating *Nabor (deacon and martyr of Africa, S01931), victim of the Donatists in the 4th or early 5th century, and criticising the cult of the Donatist martyrs. Written probably in Hippo (Numidia, central North Africa), some time between 397 and 430.
E04877The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 10 July.
E04881The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 14 July.