Passion of Montanus and Lucius

Contents

1. 0Title of the account.
2. 1The imprisoned martyrs explain why they write.
3. 2The arrest of the martyrs at Carthage; two catechumens die baptized.
4. 3Their prayers turn the governor from burning them alive.
5. 4The martyrs describe their prison and the victory over death.
6. 5Renus's vision of the lamps.
7. 6The martyrs are brought before the procurator, then tried by hunger and thirst.
8. 7Victor's vision of the shining boy who promises a glorious crown.
9. 8Quartillosia's vision of the cups of milk.
10. 9Lucian smuggles food into the prison, fulfilling the vision.
11. 10An exhortation to concord and peace among the brothers.
12. 11Montanus's vision of the stains of unreconciled discord; closing exhortation of the letter.
13. 12The narrator completes the account: the others are condemned; Flavian is held back.
14. 13Lucius, Julian, and Victoricus go to execution exhorting the people.
15. 14Montanus's last exhortations against idolatry, heresy, and hasty reconciliation of the lapsed.
16. 15Montanus prays that Flavian may follow in three days and is beheaded.
17. 16Flavian, returned to prison, comforts his mother, who longs for his martyrdom.
18. 17Flavian's two days in prison awaiting the promised third day.
19. 18Flavian is brought out on the third day, sure of his sentence.
20. 19Flavian's pagan friends urge him to sacrifice; he answers them.
21. 20Flavian maintains that he is a deacon and is sentenced without torture.
22. 21Flavian's visions of Cyprian, of a heavenly messenger, and of Bishop Successus foretelling his martyrdom.
23. 22Flavian is escorted with honor; a gentle rain falls.
24. 23Flavian's farewell, his commendation of Lucian, and his death.