E01924: Augustine of Hippo preaches a sermon in Carthage (North Africa), at the altar of *Cyprian (bishop and martyr of Carthage, S00411); he mentions the joint feast of the Apostles *Peter and *Paul (S00036, and S00008). Sermon 8, written in Latin, c. 411.

Augustine of Hippo, Sermon 8

[Habitus Carthagine ad mensam sancti Cypriani

'Preached at Carthage at the altar of saint Cyprian']


Ch. 15:
Augustine quotes the episodes from the Acts of the Apostles in which the Apostles Peter and then Paul were miraculously freed from prison. He also says that 'their feast is celebrated on the same day' (quorum natalicium uno die celebramus).


Ch. 16:
Sanctus cuius mensa est ista Cyprianus fuit aliquando uel aurum uel argentum Aegyptiorum.

'Once the saint whose altar this is, Cyprian, was the gold or silver of the Egyptians'.


Text: Lambot 1961, 92 and 93. Summary and translation: Robert Wiśniewski.