Callista

John Henry Newman

373 pages, parution le 02/02/2026

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Callista is set in the mid-3rd century in the city of Sicca Veneria in the Roman province of Africa. It deals with the persecution of the Christian community under Emperor Decius. The main character of the novel is Callista, a young and beautiful Greek girl who has arrived from Greece some years previously with her brother Aristo; they work for Agellius's uncle, Jucundus, carving statues of pagan gods. She is a gifted young woman, yet she is unhappy with her life. Another main character is the troubled young Christian Agellius, who wants to marry Callista. He is torn between his faith and his brother (Juba), his stepmother Gurta, a pagan witch, and his pagan uncle Jucundus, who all want to bring him away from the Christian faith. Agellius soon meets the mysterious Christian priest Caecilius (later identified as St. Cyprian of Carthage), who becomes a father figure for him and strengthens his faith again. After a terrible plague of locusts, popular rage against Christians breaks out and persecution starts once again. Agellius has to flee from the surroundings of Sicca Veneria. At the same time, Callista sees herself drawn more and more strongly to Christianity.

L'auteur - John Henry Newman

Théologien et christologue reconnu, John-Henry Newman (1801-1890), est l'une des figures majeures du catholicisme britannique. Anglican d'origine, converti en 1845 il est un des principaux fondateurs du mouvement d'Oxford, cet élan intellectuel qui mena bon nombre de ses membres vers le catholicisme.