# Mavilus, A Pious Christian Of Adrumelen, Torn By The Wild Beasts, At Carthage, About The Year 201.

c. 201 · Historical source

Source: Martyrs’ Mirror. Original heading: MAVILUS, A PIOUS CHRISTIAN OF ADRUMELEN, TORN BY THE WILD BEASTS, AT CARTHAGE, ABOUT THE YEAR 201.

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Tertullian writes a very candid admonition and
warning concerning the impending wrath of God
over all the persecutors of the Christians, to Scapula,
the Governor of Carthage, who, having succeeded
in the place of Vigellius Saturninus (who,
on account of the persecution he had exercised
against the Christians, had been struck with blindness,
through the righteous judgment of God), also
followed in his footsteps as regards cruelty. For at
his accession to the Governorship, he immediately
very cruelly sentenced Mavilus, a very pious Christian
of Adrumelen, a city in Africa, to be torn by
the beasts; who, though through a severe death,
attained to a blessed end. Immediately after his
death great plagues were sent by the Lord over the
city of Carthage, where the Governor resided; as,
great rains, high floods, terrible thunders, fiery signs
in the air, etc. Idem Ibidem, col. 3, ex Tertullian.
ad Scapulam, cap. 3.





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