List of participants in the Synod of Carthage 253
The list of participants of the Synod of Carthage of the year 253 is the oldest completely surviving list of its kind. It can be found in the letterhead of a synodal letter that the then Bishop Cyprian sent to the Roman Bishop Cornelius (Letter 57 of Cyprian).
Attendees
| Surname | presumed bishopric | comment |
|---|---|---|
| Ampius | ||
| Aurelius | Utica , Africa proconsularis province | |
| Caecilius | Biltha, Africa proconsularis province | |
| Caldonius | Confidante of Cyprian | |
| Cyprian | Carthage (provincial capital) | As primus inter pares chairman of the synod |
| Demetrius | Leptis Minor , Africa proconsularis province | |
| Donatus | ||
| Donatus | second participant of this name | |
| Eutyches | ||
| Faustinus | ||
| Felix | ||
| Fortunatus | Thuccabor , Africa proconsularis (?) | |
| Fortunatus | second participant of this name | |
| Herculaneus | ||
| Honoratus | Thucca terebenthina , Africa proconsularis province | |
| Hortensianus | Lares , Africa proconsularis province | |
| Iambus | Germaniciana , Africa proconsularis province | |
| Junius | Neapolis, Province of Zeugitana or Africa proconsularis | |
| Liberalis | ||
| Lucianus | Rucuma , ecclesiastical province of Carthage, Africa proconsularis province | |
| Mantaneus | ||
| Marrutius | ||
| Monnulus | Girba , Tripolitana Province | |
| Nicomedes | Segermes , Africa proconsularis province | |
| Polycarpus | Hadrumetum , Africa proconsularis province | |
| Pomponius | Dionysiana , Africa proconsularis province | |
| Priscus | ||
| Privatianus | Sufetula , Africa proconsularis province | |
| Quintus | Agbia , Africa proconsularis province | |
| Rogatianus | Nova , Africa proconsularis province | |
| Rogatus | ||
| Sattius | Sicilibba , Africa proconsularis province | |
| Saturninus | ||
| Saturninus | second participant of this name | |
| Saturninus | third participant of this name | |
| Saturninus | fourth participant of this name | |
| Secundinus | Carpi , Africa proconsularis province | |
| Successus | Abbir Germaniciana , Africa proconsularis province | |
| Tertullus | ||
| Verianus | ||
| Victor | ||
| Victoricus | Thabraca , Numidia proconsularis province |
literature
- Joseph Anton Fischer, Adolf Lumpe: The synods from the beginnings to the eve of the Nicaenum in: Walter Brandmüller (ed.), Konziliengeschichte, Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn 1997 ISBN 3-506-74674-X