Caecilianus

Tunisian priest and bishop of Carthago

b. 4th century

9th Archbishop of Carthage · c. 311–?

Offices

Archbishop of Carthage № 9 · c. 311 – ?

Caecilianus, or Caecilian, was archdeacon and then bishop of Carthage in 311 AD. His appointment as bishop led to the Donatist controversy of the Late Roman Empire. He was also one of only five Western bishops at the First Council of Nicea.

Related people

Rufus of Carthage preceded · inferred

Events

The Donatist schism begins 311
First Council of Nicaea 325

How we know

Recorded as a historical figure.

Ecclesiastical History 1 claim — The Donatist schism begins
The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) 1 claim — First Council of Nicaea
Ecclesiae Occidentalis Monumenta Iuris Antiquissima 1 claim — Ecclesiae Occidentalis Monumenta Iuris Antiquissima t. I, p. 84 - Concilium Nicaenum, index patrum, no. 207
Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae 1 claim — Series episcoporum p. 463, 'Carthago, Sedes primatialis' - 9th entry, '311 cs. Caecilianus, 321, 325'

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