There are no reliable indicators of a date for this text, but it is probably from the fourth or fifth century.

The edition of Charles de Smedt is based on the only existing manuscript. The ninth-century martyrologium of Adon of Vienne was using a manuscript with a slightly different version of the story, which hence disappeared.

The text has sometimes been imputed to be Donatist, mainly because of the jump of Secunda from a balcony, which for Maier echoes the accusations against Donatists of killing themselves through precipitation from great heights. However, the goal of the girl’s leap is to join the other martyrs in haste, not to die on the spot! Arguably, the emphasis on the fidelity of young girls, contrasted with the betrayal of the clergy, could indeed indicate a Donatist milieu, but it does not prove it sufficiently.