E02042: According to the Latin Acts of the Conference of Carthage (North Africa, AD 411), a Catholic bishop and a Donatist priest celebrated together a vigil, most probably preceding the feast of a local martyr in the city of Numidia i Mauretania Caesariensis (North Africa), some time before 411.

Acts of the Conference in Carthage, AD 411

Session 1, paragraph 188

... Item recitauit:  "Ianuarius episcopus Numidiensis". Cumque accessisset, idem dixit: "Mandaui et subscripsi et traditores non habeo". Fortunatianus episcopus ecclesiae catholicae Siccensis dixit: "Unde es?" Ianuarius episcopus dixit: "Numidia est; Mauretania est Caesariensis". Reparatus episcopus ecclesiae catholicae Sufasaritanae dixit: "Dioecesis mea est. Illic presbyterum habeo, illic tecum uigilauit"...


'... [Marcellinus] read: "Januarius, the bishop of [the city of] Numidia". He approached, and said: "I signed the mandate; I do not have traitors". Fortunatianus, the bishop of the Catholic Church of Sicca, said: "Where are you from?" The [Donatist] bishop Januarius said: "From Numidia in Mauretania Caesariensis". Reparatus, the bishop of the Catholic Church of Sufasar, said: "This is my diocese. I have a presbyter there, he kept vigil with you"...'


Text: Lancel 1972, 838-840. Translation: Stanisław Adamiak.