E01119: Augustine of Hippo, in his City of God (22.8), tells how the daughter of a Syrian was brought back to life when touched by her dress, which had been in contact with the memorial shrine (memoria) of *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), in Hippo Regius (North Africa). Written in Latin in Hippo, c. 426/427.

Augustine of Hippo, City of God 22.8

Apud Hipponem Bassus quidam Syrus ad memoriam eiusdem martyris orabat pro aegrotante et periclitante filia eoque se cum uestem eius adtulerat, cum ecce pueri de domo cucurrerunt, qui ei mortuam nuntiarent. Sed cum orante illo ab amicis eius exciperentur, prohibuerunt eos illi dicere, ne per publicum plangeret. Qui cum domum redisset iam suorum eiulatibus personantem et uestem filiae, quam ferebat, super eam proiecisset, reddita est uitae.

'At Hippo a Syrian called Bassus was praying at the memorial shrine (memoria) of the same martyr [sc. Stephen] for his daughter, who was dangerously ill. He too had brought her dress with him to the shrine. But as he prayed, his servants ran from the house to tell him she was dead. His friends, however, intercepted them, and forbade them to tell him, lest he should bewail her in public. And when he had returned to his house, which was already ringing with the lamentations of his family, and had thrown on his daughter's body the dress he was carrying, she was restored to life.'

Text: Dombart and Kalb 1955. Translation: Dods 1887.