Primianus of Carthage
4th-century Christian Bishop of Carthage
b. 4th century · d. 411
Archbishop of Carthage
Offices
Primian (Primianus) was an early Christian Bishop of Carthage, and leader of the Donatist movement in Roman North Africa. Seen as a moderate by some in his faction, he was a controversial figure in a time of fragmentation of the Donatists, a reactionary branch of Christianity.
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.