. The church year and kalendar. ;: Ancient Syriac Martyrology, written AD. 412 (Brit. Mus. Or. Add. 12150, fol. 252 v, 11. 1-20, col. 1.) Theplate shows the entries from St Stephens Day to DAYS OF THE MARTYRS 15 commemorations which do not mark entombments,(1) £viij Kal. Jan. (Dec. 25) Natus Christus inBethleem Judeae; (2) viij Kal. Mart. (Feb. 22)Natale (sic) Petri de Cathedra; (3) Nonis Martii(March 7) Perpetuae et Felicitatis AfricaeV Theappearance of St Perpetua and St Felicitas in acharacteristically Roman document is a strikingtestimony to the fame of these two African suffere
. The church year and kalendar. ;: Ancient Syriac Martyrology, written AD. 412 (Brit. Mus. Or. Add. 12150, fol. 252 v, 11. 1-20, col. 1.) Theplate shows the entries from St Stephens Day to DAYS OF THE MARTYRS 15 commemorations which do not mark entombments,(1) £viij Kal. Jan. (Dec. 25) Natus Christus inBethleem Judeae; (2) viij Kal. Mart. (Feb. 22)Natale (sic) Petri de Cathedra; (3) Nonis Martii(March 7) Perpetuae et Felicitatis AfricaeV Theappearance of St Perpetua and St Felicitas in acharacteristically Roman document is a strikingtestimony to the fame of these two African sufferersfor the Faith2. The use of the word natale inconnexion with St Peters chair not improbably marksthe dedication of a church; and, at all events ata later period, the word seems sometimes used asequivalent simply to a festival, or perhaps a festivalmarking an origin or beginning—as, for example,Natale Calicis, of which something will be said here-after (p. 40). Easter could not appear in the Kalendarproperly so-called; but the document contains cyclesfor the calculation of Easter, and a list of the days onwhich it would fall from 312 to 412. Early Kalendars would be of much value
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