E01763: Augustine of Hippo, in a sermon preached almost certainly in Carthage (North Africa), invites the congregation to gather on the morrow at the table (mensa) of *Cyprian (bishop and martyr of Carthage, S00411), and also mentions a feast of unnamed martyrs which will be celebrated on the following day. Exposition on Psalm 80, written in Latin in North Africa, 392/417.

Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 80, ch. 23

Etiam in crastinum diem inuitamus caritatem uestram. Cras illi habent, ut audiuimus, mare in theatro: nos habeamus portum in Christo. Sed quoniam perendino die, id est, quarta sabbati, non possumus ad mensam Cypriani conuenire, quia festiuitas est sanctorum martyrum; crastino ad ipsam mensam conueniamus.

'We invite your Charity also for tomorrow. Tomorrow they have, as we have heard, a sea in the theatre; let us have a port in Christ. Yet since the day after tomorrow, that is on the fourth day after the Sabbath (Wednesday) we cannot gather at the sacred table of Cyprian, for there is a feast of holy martyrs, we will gather at this sacred table tomorrow.'

Text: Dekkers & Fraipont 1956. Translation: Robert Wiśniewski.