Passion of Marian and James

Contents

1. 0Title of the account.
2. 1The narrator explains that Marian and James charged him to record their martyrdom.
3. 2Near Cirta, in the persecution of Valerian, the narrator and the two clerics arrive at Muguae.
4. 3The bishops Agapius and Secundinus, on their way to martyrdom, lodge with the narrator and encourage the brothers.
5. 4Soldiers raid the villa; Marian and James declare themselves Christians and are imprisoned.
6. 5Marian, a reader, is tortured by suspension from his thumbs; James confesses himself a deacon.
7. 6Marian's vision: Cyprian seats him beside the heavenly judge and gives him water from a spring.
8. 7James's earlier vision on the road: a radiant youth gives them purple belts.
9. 8Aemilian's vision: his pagan brother questions him about the martyrs' rewards.
10. 9Sent to the governor at Lambaesis; another brother confesses and joins them.
11. 10The laity are executed first; the clergy grieve at the delay.
12. 11James foresees the martyrs' banquet; Marian, James, and the clergy are beheaded by the river.
13. 12The executions by the river; the martyrs see white horsemen and Marian prophesies vengeance.
14. 13Marian's mother Mary rejoices over her son like the Maccabean mother.