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The Catholic Church in Africa can be traced all the way back to the Ethiopian eunuch mentioned in Acts, and continues through antiquity, and the Middle Ages to present. Recover this ancient Christian heritage through these wonderful texts that highlight great Church Fathers like St. Cyprian and Augustine up to St. Benedict the Moor and the African diaspora.

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  • The African Martyrology

    The African Martyrology

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    Follow the liturgical year with this catalog of African sanctity highlighting over 300 saints in the Martyrology who lived or suffered in Roman Africa: including Saints Augustine, Cyprian, Perpetua and Felicity, and the martyrs of Carthage. Also includes the saints long honored in the African diaspora.
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    The African Martyrology

    The African Martyrology

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    Follow the liturgical year with this catalog of African sanctity highlighting over 300 saints in the Martyrology who lived or suffered in Roman Africa: including Saints Augustine, Cyprian, Perpetua and Felicity, and the martyrs of Carthage. Also includes the saints long honored in the African diaspora.

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  • Saint Benedict the Moor Book of Prayers

    Saint Benedict the Moor Book of Prayers

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    We've scoured old prayer books to put together this unique collection of commemorations, litanies, novenas, and other devotions traditional to the African diaspora in America. Includes prayers to Our Lady and St. Joseph as well as Saints Benedict the Moor, Peter Claver, Martin de Porres, and more.
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    Saint Benedict the Moor Book of Prayers

    Saint Benedict the Moor Book of Prayers

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    We've scoured old prayer books to put together this unique collection of commemorations, litanies, novenas, and other devotions traditional to the African diaspora in America. Includes prayers to Our Lady and St. Joseph as well as Saints Benedict the Moor, Peter Claver, Martin de Porres, and more.

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  • Saints Augustine and Monica Book of Prayers

    Saints Augustine and Monica Book of Prayers

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    A collection of traditional prayers and devotions to Saints Augustine and Monica, including commemorations, triduums, a litany, a chaplet, and other prayers. Also includes the traditional morning and evening prayers of the Augustinian Order.
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    Saints Augustine and Monica Book of Prayers

    Saints Augustine and Monica Book of Prayers

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    A collection of traditional prayers and devotions to Saints Augustine and Monica, including commemorations, triduums, a litany, a chaplet, and other prayers. Also includes the traditional morning and evening prayers of the Augustinian Order.

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  • Saints of Ancient Africa Book of Prayers

    Saints of Ancient Africa Book of Prayers

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    Includes prayers and devotions to the saints of Roman Africa, such as St. Cyprian of Carthage, Perpetua and Felicity, Cyril of Alexandria, and the three African Popes. Also includes a Litany to the African Saints based on one composed at Carthage by Cardinal Lavigerie.
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    Saints of Ancient Africa Book of Prayers

    Saints of Ancient Africa Book of Prayers

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  • African Heritage 4 Booklet Set

    African Heritage 4 Booklet Set

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    African Heritage 4 Booklet Set

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  • The Life of Saint Augustine

    The Life of Saint Augustine

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    A Translation of the Sancti Augustini Vita by Possidius, Bishop of Calama
    Herbert T. Weiskotten, translator (1919)

    This little biography written by his intimate friend Possidius, bishop of Calama, provides crucial information on Augustine’s life after his baptism. In straightforward, unadorned prose, Possidius shows Augustine as a powerful intellect, voluminous writer, and compelling orator who humbly endured the everyday trials and difficulties of life as a bishop in Roman Africa.
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    The Life of Saint Augustine

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    A Translation of the Sancti Augustini Vita by Possidius, Bishop of Calama
    Herbert T. Weiskotten, translator (1919)

    This little biography written by his intimate friend Possidius, bishop of Calama, provides crucial information on Augustine’s life after his baptism. In straightforward, unadorned prose, Possidius shows Augustine as a powerful intellect, voluminous writer, and compelling orator who humbly endured the everyday trials and difficulties of life as a bishop in Roman Africa.

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  • The Complete Works of St. Cyprian of Carthage

    The Complete Works of St. Cyprian of Carthage

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    The Complete Works of Saint Cyprian of Carthage
    Edited by Phillip Campbell
    Introduction by Ryan Grant

    This volume contains the entirety of Saint Cyprian's writing, "The Life and Passion of Saint Cyprian" by his companion Pontius the Deacon, and the minutes of the Seventh Council of Carthage over which Cyprian presided. Topics include the Roman persecutions, the unity of the Church, those who renounced the faith under threat from the state, the Novatian heresy and the rebaptism controversy.
    Read and cited frequently by theologians down through the ages, Saint Cyprian's writings are of surpassing authority and were considered works of genius "brighter than the sun" by Saint Jerome.
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    The Complete Works of St. Cyprian of Carthage

    The Complete Works of St. Cyprian of Carthage

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    The Complete Works of Saint Cyprian of Carthage
    Edited by Phillip Campbell
    Introduction by Ryan Grant

    This volume contains the entirety of Saint Cyprian's writing, "The Life and Passion of Saint Cyprian" by his companion Pontius the Deacon, and the minutes of the Seventh Council of Carthage over which Cyprian presided. Topics include the Roman persecutions, the unity of the Church, those who renounced the faith under threat from the state, the Novatian heresy and the rebaptism controversy.
    Read and cited frequently by theologians down through the ages, Saint Cyprian's writings are of surpassing authority and were considered works of genius "brighter than the sun" by Saint Jerome.

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  • A Sketch of St. Benedict of San Fratello

    A Sketch of St. Benedict of San Fratello

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    A historically important contribution to black Catholic hagiography, Sister Mary Petra OSP's life of St. Benedict the Moor provides a great introduction to this beloved saint and is a historically important contribution to black Catholic hagiography. The son of slaves, Benedict endured prejudice from his peers, dissolution of his hermitage, and the menial work he assumed among the Franciscans, Benedict was eventually celebrated as the patron saint of Palermo and the Africans of the diaspora.


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    A Sketch of St. Benedict of San Fratello

    A Sketch of St. Benedict of San Fratello

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    A historically important contribution to black Catholic hagiography, Sister Mary Petra OSP's life of St. Benedict the Moor provides a great introduction to this beloved saint and is a historically important contribution to black Catholic hagiography. The son of slaves, Benedict endured prejudice from his peers, dissolution of his hermitage, and the menial work he assumed among the Franciscans, Benedict was eventually celebrated as the patron saint of Palermo and the Africans of the diaspora.


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