172. Tum primum intra Gallias martyria visa Sulp. Severus,
1. ii. [1. c.] These were the celebrated martyrs of Lyons.
See Eusebius, v. i. Tillemont, Mem. Ecclesiast. tom. ii. p.
316. According to the Donatists, whose assertion is
confirmed by the tacit acknowledgment of Augustin, Africa
was the last of the provinces which received the Gospel.
Tillemont, Mem. Ecclesiast. tom. i. p. 754.