ON ST. PRIMA, MARTYR OF CARTHAGE.
CommentaryPrima, Martyr of Carthage (St.)
I. B.
Cardinal Baronius, in his Notes for this day, February 9, after treating of St. Primus the Martyr, adds that there was also at Carthage an illustrious Martyr the feast day and Acts of St. Prima are unknown called Prima; but neither he himself indicates her feast day, nor have we discovered it from any other source. For the Prima who is mentioned on January 3 along with many other Martyrs — of what country she was, we have no means of guessing. The Carthaginian Prima was either from Carthage itself or at least from Libya. So Procopius writes in his work on the buildings of Justinian, book 6: He also dedicated sacred shrines — to the Mother of God within the palace, a temple at Carthage, and outside it, to a certain native saint, St. Prima. But this is neither the first nor the last whose Acts have either perished or remain unknown to us.