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The Calendar of the Church of Carthage
Kalendarium Ecclesiae Carthaginensis
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About The Calendar of the Church of Carthage
The Calendar of the Church of Carthage is a spare liturgical list, arranged by the days of the Roman month, of the martyrs' birthdays and bishops' depositions that Carthage kept as annual anniversaries. It combines universal feasts - the Nativity, Saint Stephen, the Holy Innocents, the Epiphany - with local African martyrs and unnamed groups from Carthaginian communities such as Thimida, Maxula, Tuburbo, and Volita, alongside the city's own bishop-martyr Cyprian. It also records the depositions of a long succession of Carthaginian bishops, from early figures like Gratus and Geneclus through Augustine's contemporary Restitutus to the later bishops Deogratias, Eugenius, and Quodvultdeus. Several entries survive only as fragments, broken by gaps in the manuscript.
By Anonymous. Collected in Patrologia Latina, Volume 13.
The Most Ancient Calendar of the Church of Carthage
Here are contained the birthdays of the martyrs, and the depositions of the bishops, which the Church of Carthage celebrates as anniversaries.
The 13th day before the Kalends of May, the martyr Mappalicus. The 3rd day before the Kalends of May, the martyr Pudens. The 2nd day before the Kalends of May, the martyr Claudius. The 3rd day before the Nones of May, the deposition of Bishop Gratus.
The 2nd day before the Nones of May, Marinus and the martyr Jacobus. On the Nones of May, the deposition of Bishop Geneclus. On the Ides of May, Saint Majulus. The 3rd day before the Ides of May, the martyr Secundianus. The 3rd day before the Ides of May, the holy Felix, Cecilius, and their companions. The 11th day before the Kalends of June, the holy Castus and Emilus. On the Kalends of June, the holy Lucius and Montanus.
The 8th day before the Kalends of June, the holy Flavianus and Septimia.
The 2nd day before the Kalends of June, the holy men of Thimida.
The 3rd day before the Nones of June, the holy martyr Perseverantius.
On the Nones of June, Saint Sixtus.
The 3rd day before the Ides of June, Saint Gallo.
The 13th day before the Kalends of July, the holy martyrs Gervasius and Protasius.
The 8th day before the Kalends of July, Saint John the Baptist.
Saint [lacuna] and the martyr Rogatus.
On the [lacuna] of July, the martyr Saint E[lacuna]. [lacuna] July, the holy [lacuna] Apostles. [lacuna] July[lacuna] the Ides of July, the martyr Saint Catulinus.
The [lacuna] day before the Kalends of August, the holy Scillitans.
The 13th day before the Kalends of August, the deposition of the holy bishop Aurelius.
The 11th day before the Kalends of August, the holy men of Maxula. [lacuna] before the Kalends of August, the deposition of the holy bishop Capreolus.
The 3rd day before the Kalends of August, the holy women of Tuburbo, and Septimia.
On the Kalends of August, the holy Maccabees.
The 8th day before the Ides of August, Saint Sixtus, bishop and martyr, at Rome.
The 4th day before the Ides of August, Saint Laurence.
The 2nd day before the Ides of August, of the holy Marinus.
On the Ides of August, Saint Hippolytus. [lacuna] before the Kalends of September, the holy men of the White Mass.
On the [lacuna] before the Kalends of September, Saint Quadratus. [lacuna] before the Kalends of September, Saint Timothy. [lacuna] before the Kalends of September, Saint Genesius the mime.
The 4th day before the Kalends of September, the deposition of Restitutus and Bishop Augustine.
The 3rd day before the Kalends of September, Saint Felix, Eva, and the martyr Regiola. [lacuna] before the Ides of September, Saint Ampelus.
The 18th day before the Kalends of October, Saint Cyprian, bishop and martyr of Carthage.
The 16th day before the Kalends of October, Saint Euphemia. [lacuna] before the Kalends of October, the martyr Saint Januarius. [lacuna] before the Kalends of October, Saint Sossus.
The 6th day before the Ides of October, Saint Quintasius.
The 3rd day before the Ides of October, Saint Luke, evangelist and martyr.
The 16th day before the Kalends of November, the holy men of Volita. [lacuna] before the Kalends of November, Saint Lencius and the martyr Victorinus. [lacuna] before the Kalends of November, Saint Victoria.
The 4th day before the Kalends of November, Saint Felicianus and the men of Vaga.
On the Kalends of November, Saint Octavus. [lacuna] before the Ides of November, the holy men of Capita.
On the Ides, Saint Valentine. [lacuna] before the Kalends of December, Saint Clement. [lacuna] before the Kalends of December, the martyr Saint Chrysogonus. [lacuna] before the Kalends of December, Saint Andrew, apostle and martyr.
On the Nones of December, the holy martyrs Bilus, Felix, Potamia, Crispina, and their companions.
The 4th day before the Ides of December, Saint Eulalia.
The 3rd day before the Ides of December, the holy martyrs of Eron.
The 16th day before the Kalends of January, the holy martyrs Felix, Clementiana, Honorata, and Massaria.
The [lacuna] day before the Kalends of January, Saint Nemesianus.
The 8th day before the Kalends of January, our Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God.
The 7th day before the Kalends of January, Saint Stephen, the first martyr.
The 6th day before the Kalends of January, Saint John the Baptist, and James the Apostle, whom Herod killed.
The 5th day before the Kalends of January, the holy Innocents, whom Herod killed.
On the Nones of January, the deposition of the holy bishops Deogratias and Eugenius.
The 8th day before the Ides of January, the holy Epiphany.
The 6th day before the Ides of January, the deposition of Bishop Quodvultdeus.
The 3rd day before the Ides of January, the holy martyr Salvus.
The 19th day before the Kalends of February, Saint Felix of Nola.
The 16th day before the Kalends of February, the holy men of Rubra.
The 14th day before the Kalends of February, the holy men of Tertullum and Ficaria.
The 13th day before the Kalends of February, the martyr Saint Sebastian.
The 12th day before the Kalends of February, the martyr Saint Agnes.
The 11th day before the Kalends of February, the martyr Saint Vincent.
The 8th day before the Kalends of February, the martyr Saint Ageleus.
On the Kalends of February, the martyrs Lucian and Vincent.
The 4th day before the Nones of February, the holy men of Carteria.
On the Nones of February, the martyr Saint Agatha.
The 5th day before the Ides of February, Felix, Victor, and Januarius.
The 14th day before the Kalends of March, the holy martyrs Macrobius, and Lucilla, Nundinarius, Caeciliana, and the men of Petra.
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