ON SS. EVASIUS AND PRIVATUS,
MARTYRS IN AFRICA.
From the Hieronymian Martyrology and others.
CommentaryEvasius, Martyr in Africa (S.)
Privatus, Martyr in Africa (S.)
G. H.
These two Martyrs are reported, in four copies of the Hieronymian Martyrology, in the second place, in these words: In Africa, of Evasius and Privatus. In the single Epternach copy it is written "of Privata," but with three others the manuscript Martyrologies retain the name of Privatus—the Reichenau, the Barberini, the Trier of S. Maximinus, the one of the Queen of Sweden, and several others, together with Grevenus in the additions to Usuard, in all of which is read: In Africa, of Evasius and Privatus. In the manuscripts of Gellone, Augsburg, S. Gall, and the Paris one of Labbe, Evasius alone is set forth; nor could I easily divine the place and manner of their martyrdom.