Proceedings before Zenophilus (Gesta apud Zenophilum) (complete)

Proceedings before Zenophilus.

In the consulship of Constantine Maximus Augustus and Constantine the younger, most noble Caesar, on the Ides of December, (recorded by) Sextus of Thamugadi. Victor the grammarian having been brought in and set before the court, with Nundinarius the deacon also present, Zenophilus, vir clarissimus, consularis, said: “What is your name?” He answered: “Victor.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “What is your condition?” Victor said: “I am a professor of Roman letters, a Latin grammarian.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “What is your rank?” Victor said: “My father was a decurion of Constantina, my grandfather a soldier; he had served in the imperial retinue; for our family descends from Moorish blood.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “Mindful of your good faith and honor, state plainly what was the cause of the dissension among the Christians.” Victor said: “I do not know the origin of the dissension; I am one of the Christian people. When I was at Carthage, Bishop Secundus at last came to Carthage, and they are said to have found that Bishop Caecilian had been installed irregularly, by whom I do not know; they set up another against him. That is where the dissension began, there at Carthage; and so I cannot know the origin of the dissension fully, since our city has always had one church, and if it had any dissension, we know nothing at all of it.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “Are you in communion with Silvanus?” Victor answered: “With him.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “Why then, passing over the one whose innocence has been cleared …?” And he added: “It is asserted, moreover, that you know something else for certain, namely that Silvanus is a traditor; confess about that.” Victor answered: “I do not know this.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Nundinarius the deacon: “Victor denies that he knows that Silvanus is a traditor.” Nundinarius the deacon said: “He knows it himself; for he handed over books.” Victor answered: “I had fled that storm, and if I lie, may I perish. When we suffered the onset of the sudden persecution, we fled to the mountain of Bellona. I was sitting with Mars the deacon and Victor the presbyter; when all the books were demanded of this Mars, he denied that he had them; then Victor gave the names of all the readers. They came to my house while I was away; the magistrates went up, and my books were taken away. When I came back, I found the books taken.” Nundinarius the deacon said: “So you answered in the record that you gave up the books; why are things denied that can be proved?” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Victor: “Confess plainly, so that you are not questioned more strictly.”

Nundinarius the deacon said: “Let the records be read.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “Let them be read.” And Nundinarius handed them over and the clerk read out: “In the consulship of Diocletian for the eighth time and Maximian for the seventh, on the fourteenth day before the Kalends of June, from the records of Munatius Felix, flamen for life, curator of the colony of Cirta. When they had come to the house in which the Christians used to meet, Felix, flamen for life, curator, said to Bishop Paul: Bring out the scriptures of the law and anything else you have here, as has been ordered, so that you may obey the command. Bishop Paul said: The readers have the scriptures; but what we have here we give. Felix, flamen for life, curator, said to Bishop Paul: Point out the readers or send for them. Bishop Paul said: You all know them. Felix (flamen for life), curator of the commonwealth, said: We do not know them. Bishop Paul said: The public office knows them, that is, the clerks Edusius and Junius. Felix, flamen for life, curator of the commonwealth, said: Leaving aside the matter of the readers, whom the office will point out, give what you have. With Bishop Paul seated, and Montanus, Victor of Deusatelium, and Memorius, presbyters; with Mars and Helius, deacons, standing by; Marcuclius, Catullinus, Silvanus, and Carosus, subdeacons; Januarius, Meraclus, Fructuosus, Miggin, Saturninus, Victor, and the other gravediggers; Victor son of Aufidius writing opposite in a short list, thus: two gold cups; also six silver cups; six silver jugs; a silver kettle; seven silver lamps; two torches; seven short bronze candlesticks with their lamps; also eleven bronze lamps with their chains; 82 women's tunics; 38 veils; 16 men's tunics; 13 pairs of men's shoes; 47 pairs of women's shoes; 19 peasants' clasps. Felix, flamen for life, curator of the commonwealth, said to Marcuclius, Silvanus, and Carosus, the gravediggers: Bring out what you have. Silvanus and Carosus said: What was here we have thrown out completely. Felix, flamen for life, curator of the commonwealth, said to Marcuclius, Silvanus, and Carosus: Your answer is fixed in the record. After the cupboards in the library had been found empty, Silvanus then brought out a silver box and a silver lamp, which he said he had found behind a jar. Victor son of Aufidius said to Silvanus: You would have been a dead man if you had not found them. Felix, flamen for life, curator of the commonwealth, said to Silvanus: Search more carefully, in case anything has been left here. Silvanus said: Nothing has been left; we have thrown everything out. And when the dining room was opened, four casks and six jars were found there. Felix, flamen for life, curator of the commonwealth, said: Bring out the scriptures you have, so that we may obey the precepts and command of the emperors. Catullinus brought out one very large codex. Felix, flamen for life, curator of the commonwealth, said to Marcuclius and Silvanus: Why have you given only one codex? Bring out the scriptures you have. Catullinus and Marcuclius said: We have no more, because we are subdeacons; but the readers have the codices. Felix, flamen for life, curator of the commonwealth, said to Marcuclius and Catullinus: Point out the readers. Marcuclius and Catullinus said: We do not know where they live. Felix, flamen for life, curator of the commonwealth, said to Catullinus and Marcuclius: If you do not know where they live, tell their names. Catullinus and Marcuclius said: We are not betrayers; here we are; order us to be killed. Felix, flamen for life, curator of the commonwealth, said: Let them be taken into custody. And when they had come to the house of Eugenius, Felix, flamen for life, curator of the commonwealth, said to Eugenius: Bring out the scriptures you have, so that you may obey the command. And he brought out four codices. Felix, flamen for life, curator of the commonwealth, said to Silvanus and Carosus: Point out the other readers. Silvanus and Carosus said: The bishop has already said that the clerks Edusius and Junius know them all; let them show you their houses. The clerks Edusius and Junius said: We will show them, sir. And when they had come to the house of Felix the tailor, he brought out five codices; and when they had come to the house of Victorinus, he brought out eight codices; and when they had come to the house of Projectus, he brought out five large codices and two small. And when they had come to the house of the grammarian, Felix, flamen for life, curator, said to Victor the grammarian: Bring out the scriptures you have, so that you may obey the command. Victor the grammarian offered two codices and four quires. Felix, flamen for life, curator (of the commonwealth), said to Victor: Bring out the scriptures; you have more. Victor the grammarian said: If I had had more, I would have given them. And when they had come to the house of Euticius of Caesarea, Felix, flamen for life, curator (of the commonwealth), said to Euticius: Bring out the scriptures you have, so that you may obey the command. Euticius said: I have none. Felix, flamen for life, curator (of the commonwealth), said to Euticius: Your statement is fixed in the record. And when they had come to the house of Coddeo, his wife brought out six codices. Felix, flamen for life, curator of the commonwealth, said: Look in case you have more; bring them out. The woman answered: I have none. Felix, flamen for life, curator of the commonwealth, said to Bovis the public slave: Go in and look in case she has more. The public slave said: I looked and found none. Felix, flamen for life, curator of the commonwealth, said to Victorinus, Silvanus, and Carosus: If anything has been left undone, the danger falls on you.”

When these had been read, Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Victor: “Confess plainly.” Victor answered: “I was not present.” Nundinarius the deacon said: “Let us read the letters of the bishops written by Fortis.” And Nundinarius the deacon read out: “Christ and his angels are witness that those with whom you have communicated are traditores: that is, Silvanus of Cirta is a traditor and a thief of the property of the poor; which all of you, bishops, presbyters, deacons, and elders, know, concerning the four hundred folles of Lucilla, a woman of senatorial rank, for which you conspired together that Majorinus should be made bishop; and from that the schism arose. For Victor the fuller also, in your presence and that of the people, gave twenty folles to be made presbyter; which Christ and his angels know.”

And a copy of a letter was read out: “Bishop Purpurius to Silvanus, his fellow-bishop, greeting in the Lord. Nundinarius the deacon, our son, came to me and asked me to send you this letter of entreaty, most holy one, so that, if it could be, there might be peace between you and him. For I want this done in such a way that no one knows what passes between us, if you are willing in writing, so that I alone may come there in person and cut away this dissension between you. For he handed me with his own hand a written account of the affair, the cause for which he was stoned on your order. It is not right that a father should chastise his son against the truth, and I know that what is written in the account handed to me is true. Seek a remedy, how this malice can be extinguished there before the flame rises up, which afterwards could not be put out without spiritual bloodshed. Call in your fellow clergy and the elders of the people, men of the church, and let them inquire carefully what these dissensions are, so that what is done may be done according to the precepts of the faith. You will not turn aside to the right or to the left; and do not readily lend your ear to evil advisers who do not want peace. You are killing us all.” And in another hand: “Farewell.”

Likewise a copy of a letter: “(Bishop Purpurius) to the clergy and elders of Cirta, eternal greeting in the Lord. Moses cries out to the whole senate of the sons of Israel and told them what the Lord commanded to be done; without the counsel of the elders nothing was done. So you too, dearest ones, who I know have all heavenly and spiritual wisdom, find out with all your strength what this dissension is, and bring it to peace. For Nundinarius the deacon says that nothing is hidden from you as to why this dissension exists between our dearest Silvanus and himself. For he handed me a written account in which everything is set down; for he said that it is not hidden from you either. I know that … is not good. Seek a remedy, how this affair may be extinguished without danger to your souls, lest suddenly, by showing partiality, you come into judgment. Judge a just judgment between the parties according to your gravity and justice. Take care not to turn aside to the right or to the left. It is the cause of God that is at stake, who searches the thoughts of each. Take pains that no one knows what this conspiracy is. What is contained in the account concerns you; it is not good. For the Lord says: By your mouth you will be condemned, and by your mouth you will be justified.”

Another was likewise read out: “To (Silvanus) his dearest brother, Fortis, eternal greeting in the Lord. Our son Nundinarius the deacon came to me and told me what had happened between you and him through the intervention of the malicious one, who wishes to turn the souls of the righteous from the way of truth. When I heard it, I was faint at heart that such a dissension has come between you. For (let it not) happen that a priest of God should come to what is not to our advantage. Now therefore ask him, so that, as far as possible, the peace of the Lord, the Savior Christ, may be with him, and we may not come before the public and be condemned by the Gentiles. For it is written: Take care that, while you bite and accuse one another, you are not consumed by one another. Therefore I ask the Lord that this scandal may be taken from our midst, so that the work of God may be celebrated with thanksgiving, as the Lord says: My peace I give you, my peace I leave with you. What peace can there be where there is dissension and rivalry? For when I had been separated by a soldier and had come there with such injury, I commended my soul to God and forgave you, because God sees the minds and (the hearts) of men, whether I was brought to them by you. But God has set us free, and we serve with you. So, as it has been forgiven us, you too be reconciled to peace, so that in the name of Christ we may celebrate peace with joy. Let no one know.”

(Another was likewise read out): “To the brothers and sons, the clergy and elders, Fortis, eternal greeting in the Lord. Your deacon Nundinarius, my son, came to me and told of what has been done against you. It ought certainly to have been settled by you, so that it would not have come to this, that you suffered such madness from those by whom men were stoned for the truth—which both you and we know, as you told us. And it is written: Is there no wise man among you who can judge between brothers? But brother goes to law against brother, and that before unbelievers, as you do when you do not … in judgment. Has it come to this, that we give such an example to the Gentiles, that those who believed in God through us curse us when we come before the public? So, lest it come to this, you who are spiritual, see to it that no one knows, so that we may celebrate Easter in peace; and urge them to be reconciled to peace, and let there be no dissension, lest, when it comes before the public, you too begin to be in danger, if this happens, and afterwards blame yourselves. You will give, as fully as you can—you, landowner Dontius the presbyter, and each of you, Valerius and Victor, who know all that was done—take care that there be peace with you.”

Another was likewise read out: “(To brother Silvanus, Sabinus) eternal greeting in the Lord. Nundinarius your son has come to us—not only to me but also to our brother Fortis—bringing a serious complaint. I am surprised at your gravity, that you have acted so toward your son, whom you yourself brought up and ordained. For if a building of earth is put up, is nothing heavenly added that is built by the hand of a priest? But you need not wonder, since Scripture says: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the prudence of the prudent I will reject; and again it says: Men loved darkness rather than light—as you too are doing. Let it be enough for you to know everything, about which our brother Fortis also wrote to you. Now I would ask your charity, most kind brother, to fulfill the saying of Isaiah the prophet: Put away wickedness from your souls, and come, let us reason together, says the Lord; and again: Cast out the evil from among you. Do so yourself as well. Subdue and turn aside the sedition (of those) who did not want there to be peace between you and your son. Let your son Nundinarius celebrate Easter in peace with you, lest the matter come before the public, since it is already known to all of us. I would ask you, most kind brother, to grant the petition of my lowliness. Let no one know.”

Another was likewise read out: “To brother Fortis, Sabinus, eternal greeting in the Lord. What charity there is between us, I am sure, especially among all our colleagues; yet according to the will of God, who said: Some I love above my own soul, I am sure that you have held Silvanus in high regard. Therefore I did not hesitate to give you this writing, because I had your letter to him delivered for the sake of Nundinarius; and whoever acts energetically always goes forward with zeal in the affairs of God. Do not offer an excuse. For business presses us in these days and urges us on without delay about these matters until the most solemn day of Easter, so that through you the richest peace may be made, that we may be found worthy co-heirs of Christ, who said: My peace I give you, my peace I leave with you; and again I ask you to do it.” And in another hand: “I wish you well in the Lord and that you remember us. Farewell. But I ask you, let no one know.”

When these had been read, (Zenophilus) v.c., consularis, said: “From the records and the letters that have been read, it is established that Silvanus is a traditor.” And he said to Victor: “Confess plainly whether you know that he handed over anything.” Victor said: “He handed over, but not in my presence.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “What office did Silvanus then hold in the clergy?” Victor answered: “The persecution arose under Bishop Paul, and Silvanus was a subdeacon.” Nundinarius the deacon answered: “When it came to his being made bishop, the people answered: Let another be made; hear us, O God.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “Was it said by the people: Silvanus is a traditor?” Victor said: “I myself fought against his being bishop.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Victor: “So you knew him to be a traditor? Confess about this.” Victor answered: “He was a traditor.” Nundinarius the deacon said: “You elders cried out: Hear us, O God; (we want) our own citizen; that man is a traditor.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Victor: “So you cried out with the people that Silvanus was a traditor and ought not to be made bishop?” Victor said: “I cried out, both I and the people. For we were asking for our own citizen, a man of integrity.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “For what reason did you think him unworthy?” Victor said: “We were asking for a man of integrity and our own citizen. For I knew that we would come to this, (into) the emperors' court, as long as (the church) is entrusted to such men.”

Likewise, Victor son of Samsuricus and Saturninus, gravediggers, having been brought in and set before the court, Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “What is your name?” He answered: “Saturninus.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “What is your condition?” Saturninus answered: “Gravedigger.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “Do you know that Silvanus is a traditor?” Saturninus said: “I know that he handed over a silver lamp.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Saturninus: “What else?” Saturninus answered: “I know nothing else, except that he brought it out from behind a jar.” And when Saturninus had been removed, Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to the one standing by: “What is your name?” He answered: “Victor son of Samsuricus.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “What is your condition?” Victor said: “I am a craftsman.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “Who handed over the silver tablet?” Victor answered: “I did not see it; what I know, I say.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Victor: “Although it is already established from the answers of those questioned above, yet you too confess whether Silvanus is a traditor.” Victor said: “… so that we were taken to Carthage, I heard from the bishop's own mouth: A silver lamp and a silver box were given to me, and I handed these over.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Victor son of Samsuricus: “From whom did you hear it?” Victor said: “From Bishop Silvanus.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Victor: “Did you hear from him himself that he had handed them over?” Victor said: “I heard from him himself that he had handed them over with his own hands.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “Where did you hear it?” Victor said: “In the basilica.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “At Constantina?” Victor said: “There he began to address the people, saying: As to their saying that I am a traditor—about the lamp and the box?” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Nundinarius: “What else do you think should be asked of these men?” Nundinarius said: “About the treasury's casks, who took them.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Nundinarius: “What casks?” Nundinarius said: “They were in the temple of Serapis, and Bishop Purpurius took them; the vinegar they held was taken by Bishop Silvanus, Dontius the presbyter, and Lucianus.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Nundinarius: “Do those standing here know that this was done?” Nundinarius answered: “They know.” The deacon Saturninus said: “Our elders used to say that they were taken away.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “By whom are they said to have been taken?” Saturninus said: “By Bishop Purpurius; and the vinegar by Silvanus and the presbyters Dontius and Superius and Lucianus the deacon.” Nundinarius said: “Did Victor give twenty folles and become a presbyter?” Saturninus spoke; and as he was speaking, Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Saturninus: “To whom did he give them?” Saturninus said: “To Bishop Silvanus.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Saturninus: “So, to be made presbyter, he gave Bishop Silvanus twenty folles as a fee?” Saturninus said: “He gave them.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Saturninus: “Were they set before Silvanus?” Saturninus said: “Before the bishops' chair.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Nundinarius: “By whom was the money taken?” Nundinarius said: “The bishops divided it among themselves.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Nundinarius: “Do you wish Donatus to be produced?” Nundinarius said: “By all means let him come, about whom the people cried out two days after the peace: Hear us, O God; we want our own citizen.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Nundinarius: “Did the people really cry this out?” He answered: “They cried it.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Saturninus: “Did they cry out that Silvanus was a traditor?” Saturninus said: “Certainly.” Nundinarius said: “When he was made bishop, we did not communicate with him, because he was said to be a traditor.” Saturninus said: “What he says is true.” Nundinarius said: “I saw Mutus the arena-worker carry him on his neck.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Saturninus: “Was it done so?” Saturninus said: “So.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “Is all that Nundinarius says true—that Silvanus was made bishop by arena-workers?” Saturninus said: “True.” Nundinarius said: “Prostitutes were there.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Saturninus: “Did the arena-workers carry him?” Saturninus said: “They carried him, and the people. For the citizens were shut up in the martyrs' burial ground.” Nundinarius the deacon said: “Was the people of God not there?” Saturninus said: “It was shut up in the greater house.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “Is all that Nundinarius says certainly true?” Saturninus said: “True.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “What do you say?” Victor said: “Everything is true, sir.” Nundinarius said: “Bishop Purpurius took a hundred folles.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Nundinarius: “Whom do you think should be questioned about the four hundred folles?” Nundinarius said: “Let Lucianus the deacon be produced, because he knows everything.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Nundinarius: “Do these men know?” Nundinarius said: “They do not know.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “Let Lucianus be produced.” Nundinarius said: “These men know that four hundred folles were received; but because the bishops divided them, they do not know.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Nundinarius and Victor: “Do you know that folles were received from Lucilla?” Saturninus and Victor said: “We know.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “Did the poor not receive them?” They said: “No one received anything.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Saturninus and Victor: “Was nothing taken from the shrine of Serapis?” Saturninus and Victor said: “Purpurius took the casks, and Bishop Silvanus and the presbyters Dontius and Superius and Lucianus the deacon took the vinegar.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “From the answers of Victor the grammarian, Victor son of Samsuricus, and Saturninus it is clear that everything Nundinarius has alleged is true. Let them be removed and go out.”

Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “Whom else do you think should be questioned?” Nundinarius said: “Castus the deacon, so that he may say whether he is not a traditor; he himself ordained him.” And Castus the deacon having been brought in and set before the court, Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “What is your name?” He answered: “Castus.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “What is your condition?” Castus said: “I have no rank.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Castus: “Although what Nundinarius alleges has now come to be confessed through Victor the grammarian as well as through Victor son of Samsuricus and Saturninus, yet you too confess whether Silvanus is a traditor.” Castus answered: “He used to say that he had found the lamp behind a jar.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Castus: “Confess also about the casks taken from the shrine of Serapis, and about the vinegar.” Castus answered: “Bishop Purpurius took the casks.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “Who took the vinegar?” Castus answered that Bishop Silvanus and the presbyters Dontius and Superius took the vinegar from there. Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Castus: “Confess how many folles Victor gave to become a presbyter.” Castus said: “He offered a little bag, sir; and what it held I do not know.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Castus: “To whom was the bag given?” Castus said: “He took it into the greater house.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Castus: “Was the money not distributed to the people?” Castus answered: “It was not given, nor did I see it.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Castus: “Of the folles Lucilla gave, did the common people receive nothing?” Castus said: “I did not see anyone receive.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Castus: “Where then did they go?” Castus said: “I do not know.” Nundinarius said: “Surely you either heard or saw whether it was said to the poor: Lucilla too gives to you from her property?” Castus said: “I did not see anyone receive.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “Castus's confession is clear, that he did not know whether the folles Lucilla gave were distributed to the people; and therefore let him be removed.”

(Likewise), Crescentianus the subdeacon having been brought in and set before the court, Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “What is your name?” He answered: “Crescentianus.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Crescentianus: “Confess plainly, as the others have, whether you know Silvanus to be a traditor.” Crescentianus said: “The elders who were clergy reported each thing themselves.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Crescentianus: “What did they report?” Crescentianus said: “They used to report that he was a traditor.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Crescentianus: “Did they say he was a traditor?” And he added: “Who said it?” Crescentianus said: “Those who lived with him among the people said that he had once handed over.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Crescentianus: “Was it about Silvanus they said it?” Crescentianus said: “Certainly.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Crescentianus: “When he was made bishop, were you present?” Crescentianus said: “I was present, shut up with the people in the greater house.” Nundinarius the deacon said: “Country people and arena-workers made him bishop.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Crescentianus: “Did Mutus the arena-worker really carry him?” He said: “Plainly.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Crescentianus: “Do you know that casks were taken from the shrine of Serapis?” Crescentianus said: “Many used to say that Bishop Purpurius himself took the casks and the vinegar, which came to our old man Silvanus; and the sons of Aelio said so.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Crescentianus: “What did you hear?” Crescentianus said: “That the vinegar was taken by old Silvanus and the presbyters Dontius and Superius and Lucianus the deacon.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Crescentianus: “Of the four hundred folles that Lucilla gave, did the people receive anything?” Crescentianus said: “No one received anything from it; I do not know, nor who paid them out.” Nundinarius said: “Did the old women never receive anything from it?” Crescentianus said: “Nothing.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “Surely, whenever anything of the kind is given, all the common people receive from it publicly?” Crescentianus said: “I did not hear or see that he gave any.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Crescentianus: “So nothing of the four hundred folles was given to the people?” Crescentianus said: “Nothing; some little share would certainly have come to us.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “Where then were they taken?” Crescentianus said: “I do not know; no one received anything.” Nundinarius said: “How many folles did Victor give to become a presbyter?” Crescentianus said: “I saw baskets with money brought.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Crescentianus: “To whom were the baskets given?” Crescentianus said: “To Bishop Silvanus.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “They were given to Silvanus?” Crescentianus said: “To Silvanus.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “Was nothing given to the people?” He answered: “Nothing; we too would necessarily have received something if they had been distributed as usual.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said to Nundinarius: “What else do you think should be asked of Crescentianus?” Nundinarius said: “That is all.” Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “Since Crescentianus the subdeacon has confessed plainly on all points, let him be removed.”

Likewise, Januarius the subdeacon having been brought in and set before the court, Zenophilus v.c., consularis, said: “What is your name?” He answered: * * *