Jerome, Illustrious Men 5.5-21
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Caesarea Maritima is indirectly attested at Jerome, Illustrious Men 5.5-21. This passage was written ca. 392-393 C.E. possibly in Bethlehem. Among his many works, St. Jerome wrote a catalog of renowned thinkers of the Roman world during the first years after his move from Rome to Bethlehem. In mostly brief sketches he describes the intellectual achievements, particularly writings, of 135 men, many leaders in the early Church. In his life of St. Paul, he summarizes the events of his captivity under the governor Festus at Caesarea and delivery to Rome.

Et quia in Actis Apostolorum plenissime de eius conversatione scriptum est, hoc tantum dicam, quod post passionem Domini vicesimo quinto anno, id est, secundo Neronis eo tempore quo Festus, procurator Iudeae, successit Felici, Romam vinctus mittitur et biennium in libera manens custodia adversum Iudeos de adventu Christi cottidie disputavit.

[Ed. Bernoulli 1895]

And because there is a full account of his conduct in the Acts of the Apostles, I will only say this: in the twenty-fifth year after our Lord’s Passion, that is, in the second of Nero [56 C.E.], at the time when when Festus succeeded Felix as governor of Judaea, (Paul) was sent to Rome in chains. Remaining there for two years in open custody, he carried on daily debates against the Jews concerning the coming of Christ.

[Adapted from Schaff 1892 and Halton 1999]

Works Cited

[...] 9 15-21
[...] 12 5.5

Additional Bibliography

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[Acts 24:27

Acts 25:13-27:1

Eusebius, Church History 2.21.1-2

Jerome, Chronicle 182b]

[Rome]

[Felix, governor

Festus, governor

Jesus Christ

Nero, emperor

St. Paul]

[Christian Bible

Christianity

Government and Law

Judaism

Roman History]