The Ante-Nicene Church · AD 180–313
Catullinus
fl. 19 May 303 (death unrecorded) · Subdeacon of Cirta · Cirta (Constantina), Numidia
The Ante-Nicene Church
Who Catullinus was
Subdeacon of Cirta. He produced one very large codex and stopped there; asked why only one, he and Marcuclius answered that the codices were with the lectors, and then refused to name them. Both were arrested. The single large codex is the only book in the whole seizure the record describes by size.
Named once, in the Gesta apud Zenophilum — the Cirta records of 19 May 303 and 13 December 320; no other ancient source names him.
Common questions
When was Catullinus active?
Catullinus is dated fl. 19 May 303 (death unrecorded) in the archive, which places Catullinus in the Ante-Nicene Church (AD 180–313).
Which early sources mention Catullinus?
Catullinus is named in 1 primary-source passage catalogued here, drawn from Municipal acts of Cirta. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Catullinus from?
The archive associates Catullinus with Cirta (Constantina), Numidia. The sources record more than one location, so the places are listed in the order the record moves through them.
Who were Catullinus’ contemporaries?
The archive links Catullinus to 2 other figures, including Marcuclius and Silvanus of Cirta. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.
Primary-source mentions (1)
Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
The Acts of Munatius Felix, 19 May 303 — read into evidence before Zenophilus
c. AD 303Catullinus brought forth one very large codex… Catullinus and Marcuclius said: ‘We have no more, for we are sub-deacons, but the lectors have the codices.’Municipal acts of Cirta · Gesta apud Zenophilum, Acts of 19 May 303 · source text
Connected in the archive
People
Named alongside Catullinus in the sources
This figure is placed with Catullinus by the record — in a council roll, a martyr-act, a letter or a history — without Catullinus naming them in return.
Events in this lifetime
- AD 235 · Maximinus Thrax targets the clergy, AD 235
- AD 250 · The Decian persecution, AD 250
- AD 251 · The Novatianist schism, AD 251
- AD 257 · The Valerian persecution, AD 257
- AD 260 · Gallienus’ edict of toleration, AD 260
- AD 268 · Antioch deposes Paul of Samosata, AD 268
- AD 272 · Aurelian awards the Antioch church, AD 272
- AD 301 · Hripsime and her company, AD 301
- AD 303 · The Great Persecution begins, AD 303
- AD 303 · The search of the church at Cirta, AD 303
Place
Places served
The 2 places the sources put Catullinus, in the order the record moves through them. This is what the sources attest, not a reconstructed route.