Lactantius
Roman Christian author (c. 250 - c. 325)
b. c. 240 · d. c. 320
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius was an early Christian author who became an advisor to Roman emperor Constantine I, guiding his Christian religious policy in its initial stages of emergence, and a tutor to his son Crispus. His most important work is the Institutiones Divinae, an apologetic treatise intended to establish the reasonableness and truth of Christianity to pagan critics.
Related people
- Arnobius disciple of · traditional
- Demetrianus teacher of · traditional
Works
Events
Places
- Roman Africa birth
- Trier death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- On the Deaths of the Persecutors (De Mortibus Persecutorum) 2 claims — Great Persecution; On the Deaths of the Persecutors
- Patrology 1 claim — Lactantius writes the Divine Institutes