c.
xiii .-- G.

Two of these were bishops; a fifth, Silvanus, bishop of Gaza, was the last martyr; another, named John was blinded, but used to officiate, and recite from memory long passages of the sacred writings--M.] [Footnote 180: Euseb.

de Martyr.Palestin.c.

13.] [Footnote 181: Augustin.Collat.Carthagin.Dei, iii.c.13, ap.
Tillanant, Memoires Ecclesiastiques, tom.v.part i.p.46.

The controversy with the Donatists, has reflected some, though perhaps a partial, light on the history of the African church.].