ON THE HOLY MARTYRS PIA, PICARIA, AND THIRTY-EIGHT OTHERS AT CARTHAGE IN AFRICA.
CommentaryPia, Martyr at Carthage in Africa (S.) Picaria, Martyr at Carthage in Africa (S.) Other XXXVIII Martyrs at Carthage in Africa
Baronius, Canisius, Galesinius, the Carthusians, and the Dungal MS. joined Pia with the other African Martyrs. And it is frequent in the ancient Martyrologies, that even without any place being specified, or indeed with one indicated, other Saints are added who do not belong there; especially when only names are listed, without any mention of acts. Notkerus and the Martyrology of S. Hieronymus distinguished them: At Carthage, of Picaria, Pia, and thirty-eight others. For Picaria, the name Priscari appears in the Dungal codex. Perhaps Priscaria was written. In the same codex, the thirty-eight Martyrs are mentioned separately: Nicetus (a Bishop, whom we referred above to 2 April) and thirty-eight other Martyrs.