Pseudo-Marcellus is an anonymous writer of an early Christian document named Passio sanctorum Petri et Pauli. It is a reworking of apocryphal traditions concerning the martyrdom of Paul.[1][2] In the text the emperor Nero's fury after the breakdown of the magician Simon is immediate cause for Peter's (and Paul's) martyrdom.[3][4]
- ^ The Martyrdom of St. Paul: Historical and Judicial Context, ...Harry W. Tajra - 1994 - Page 143 "I. The Pseudo-Marcellus Re-Working of the Tale of Paul's Martyrdom 1,1. Introduction The Ps-Marcellus re-working of the earlier apocryphal accounts of Paul's martyrdom is preserved in three different recensions, which Lipsius presented in ..."
- ^ Harry W. Tajra (1994). The martyrdom of St. Paul: historical and judicial context, traditions, and legends. Mohr Siebeck. pp. 143–. ISBN 978-3-16-146239-9. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ Els Rose (2009). Ritual Memory: The Apocryphal Acts and Liturgical Commemoration in the Early Medieval West (c. 500-1215). BRILL. pp. 257–. ISBN 978-90-04-17171-8. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
- ^ David A. Wells (2004). The Central Franconian Rhyming Bible: Mittelfränkische Reimbibel. Rodopi. pp. 142–. ISBN 978-90-420-0860-1. Retrieved 13 November 2012.