The trial of St Colluthus ca. 304 AD – a literal transcription of the court proceedings

St Colluthus was tried and executed in the Great Persecution ordered by the emperor Diocletian, in May 304. Unusually we have a near-exact transcript of his appearance before the Roman provincial governor. This was Satyrus Arianus, whose activity against the church is recorded in a number of papyri. The opening and closing paragraphs are clearly […]