The Ante-Nicene Church · AD 180–313

Secunda of Scillium

d. 17 July 180 · Scillitan martyr · Scillium → Carthage

The Ante-Nicene Church

Who Secunda of Scillium was

Last-named of the Scillitan twelve, and the last to speak in the transcript. Offered the world’s reprieve, she answered, “What I am, that I wish to be” — the shortest possible profession of constancy. With that the proconsul read the sentence, and the twelve went together to the sword, the earliest dated martyrs of the Latin-speaking church.

Also listed in martyrs and under marcus aurelius.

Common questions

When did Secunda die?

Secunda of Scillium is dated d. 17 July 180 in the archive, which places Secunda in the Ante-Nicene Church (AD 180–313).

Which early sources mention Secunda?

Secunda of Scillium is named in 2 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Court transcript and The Hieronymian compilers. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.

Where was Secunda from?

The archive associates Secunda of Scillium with Scillium, Carthage. The sources record more than one location, so the places are listed in the order the record moves through them.

Who were Secunda’s contemporaries?

The archive links Secunda of Scillium to 4 other figures, including Donata of Scillium, Vestia of Scillium, Speratus of Scillium and Generosa of Scillium. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.

Primary-source mentions (2)

Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.

Acts of the Scillitan Martyrs 15

c. AD 180
Secunda said, ‘What I am, that I wish to be.’
Court transcript · 15 · source text

Martyrologium Hieronymianum (the Scillitan feast, 17 July)

c. AD 450
The Hieronymian compilers · calendar entry · source text

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The one place the sources put Secunda.

  1. 1Carthage

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