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Scillitan Martyrs
Also known as Acts of the Scillitan Martyrs
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- died. 180-07-17high · Wikidata P570
Twelve Christians executed at Carthage in 180; their trial record is the oldest dated Latin Christian document.
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The Scillitan Martyrs were a group of early Christians of North Africa executed by the Roman Empire in Carthage, modern Tunisia, on 17 July 180 AD. The group takes its name from the nearby town of Scillium. They are venerated as martyrs in the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Their executions occurred at the end of a wave of persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire during the reign of Marcus Aurelius in 161–180.
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persecution · north-africa · latin · 2nd-century