ON S. ROGATUS MARTYR
AT CARTHAGE IN AFRICA.
Notice from the most ancient Calendar of the Carthaginian Church.
Rogatus Martyr, at Carthage in Africa (S.)
G. H,
[1] A notable of African antiquity
monument, in a wondrous which it indicates
manner, found the most diligent
Mabillon, S. Rogatus thus alone found, & Tom. 3
of Analecta inserted, gave into
light; a most ancient namely Church
of Carthage Calendar, under this title;
Here are contained the days of the birthdays of Martyrs,
& depositions of Bishops, whom the Church
of Carthage anniversarily celebrates. Are however
popular all, except very few Apostolic
men, to all Catholic Church common,
none however by Vandal persecution, that is in century
of Christ V, later. Here VIII Kal. of July, after
the name of S. John the Baptist, is placed memory
or anniversary of Saint … (a name, which to be lamented,
antiquity has worn away), & of Rogatus Martyr.
The Former perhaps a Bishop is some, otherwise of Martyrs
would be written: another nothing to divine I can.
[2] To Mabillon's Annotation, suggesting,
that among the Alutinians most illustrious Martyrs
Rogatus is numbered in Baronius at
the year 303 num. 36; I answer, that of these
Acts at XI February illustrated Henschenius, does not seem can be referred to Alutinenses
because then are placed in the Roman of today, although
Augustine, from whom about their cult is established, says
they suffered on the day before the Ides of February, that is the day following.
This however supposed I do not understand, how
one of them can be esteemed proper cult
to have had on this day, & indeed in that Calendar,
in which no is found mention of Martyrs
Alutinensian, although others in troops at Carthage
having suffered there are noted, namely Timidenses, Scilitani,
Maxulitani, Tuburbitani, Volitani, in February having suffered.
Vagenses, Carpitani, Rubrenses, Tertullenses,
Ficarienses, Carterienses, Petrenses.
If you say it could have happened on the occasion of proper one
of their translations into some of the Carthaginian
churches; that it could have happened I would concede, but that to have been done
I would believe, with neglected proper of passion day,
some argument I require: which while none
is offered, nor easily to be offered is hoped, on the very on which
I find day only I report, as from them verisimilarly
different.