Works: The Divine Institutes On the Manner in which the Persecutors Died (An important historical source) Lactantius (c. 260-c. 330). Christian apologist removed from his post as teacher of rhetoric…
Fulgentius a North African monk, theologian, and bishop came from a Carthaginian senatorial family. Born in the Roman African province of Byzacena in 468, his widowed mother oversaw his education…
Minucius Felix (second or third century). Christian apologist who was an advocate for Christian beliefs in Rome. His Octavius agrees at numerous points with the Apologeticum of Tertullian. His birthplace…
Marius Victorinus: (b. c. 280/285; fl. c. 355-363) Grammarian of African origin who taught rhetoric in Rome and translated works of Platonists. In 354, he was honored with a statue…
Works: On Prayer Contra Celsum On First Principles Hexapla Vol I Hexapla Vol II Origen (c. 185-254 A.D.) (also known as Adamantius) was one of the most influential thinkers of…
Pachomius (C. 292-347). Popularly referred to as founder of cenobitic (community) monasticism, he was born in Upper Egypt, south of Thebes, to pagan parents. At the age of twenty (312),…
