Optatus of Milevis
- Active
- from the mid-360s to at least 384/385
- Bishop of
- Milevis
- Wrote in
- Latin
Contemporary timeline
His life beside those who lived in his time, from the year 340 to 450.
People
Movements he opposed
Events
- A person's life
- Estimated birth
- Unknown birth
- Known to be alive; death date unknown
- Active between two years
- Event
- Received as ecumenical by the Catholic and Orthodox Churches
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Who he was
Catholic bishop of Milevis in Numidia and the first major writer against Donatism. His work, a reply to the Donatist bishop Parmenian, defends the validity of the sacraments regardless of the minister’s holiness and communion with the see of Rome.
- Region
- Numidia (North Africa)
- Language
- Latin
- Role
- Bishop of Milevis
- Active
- from the mid-360s to at least 384/385
His writings
1 writing, c. 366–367
c. 366–367 / rev. c. 384