Aristides of Athens
Greek Christian author
b. 2nd century · d. 134
Aristides the Athenian was a 2nd-century Christian Greek author who is primarily known as the author of the Apology of Aristides. His feast day is August 31 in the Catholic Church and September 13 in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Works
- Apology of Aristides c. 125, or under Antoninus Pius
Events
Commemorated
Places
- Athens birth
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Ecclesiastical History 1 claim — The apologies presented to Hadrian