Minucius Felix
Also: Marcus Minucius Felix
Born: the year and the place are not known. Died: the year and the place are not known.
A Roman lawyer who wrote the Octavius, a talk between a Christian and a pagan. It is one of the first Christian books in Latin.
Wrote in Latin. A major author.
Places lived
- 200 to 250Roma (now Rome, Italy)advocateyears not sure, place probableThe book is dated between about 197 and 250. Scholars dispute if it is older or later than Tertullian.
Works
1 work, in the order they were written. 1 work can be read here.
- OctaviusA debate on the beach at Ostia between a pagan and a Christian, with the author as judge.22,039 words
How we know the dates and places
- Born not known
- No ancient source gives a year.
- Place of birth not known
- No ancient source names a place. Many scholars think he came from Roman Africa.
- Died not known
- No ancient source gives a year.
- Place of death not known
- No ancient source names a place.
- Roma, years not sure
- Minucius Felix, Octavius 2; Jerome, On Illustrious Men 58; Lactantius, Divine Institutes 5.1
- Roma, place probable
- Minucius Felix, Octavius 2; Jerome, On Illustrious Men 58; Lactantius, Divine Institutes 5.1