Passion of the Scillitan Martyrs
Translated by J. A. Robinson
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The opening
When Præsens, for the second time, and Claudianus were the consuls, on the seventeenth day of July, at Carthage, there were set in the judgment-hall Speratus, Nartzalus, Cittinus, Donata, Secunda and Vestia.
Saturninus the proconsul said: Ye can win the indulgence of our lord the Emperor, if ye return to a sound mind.
Speratus said: We have never done ill, we have not lent ourselves to wrong, we have never spoken ill, but when ill-treated we have given thanks; because we pay heed to our Emperor.
Saturninus the proconsul said: We too are religious, and our religion is simple, and we swear by the genius of our lord the Emperor, and pray for his welfare, as ye also ought to do.
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About this edition
- The words
- J. A. Robinson's English translation, copied word for word.
- Copied from
Christian Classics Ethereal Library, Ante-Nicene Fathers IX
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- The title page and opening pages before chapter 1, in 2 places
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