(3rd [probably not 5th] cent. North Africa?) was the earliest Christian Latin poet. Works: 1. Instructiones: conversion of Jews and pagans, instructions for the Christian way of life; 2. Carmen apologeticum: a portrayal of Christianity as the true faith in 1060 hexameters containing chiliastic-eschatological motifs. The works are characterized by the programmatic rejection of classical (because untrue) diction and meter.
Bibliography
CPL, 1470f.
CChr.SL 128, 1960
A. Salvatore, ed., Instructiones, 1965–1968
idem, Carme apologetico, 1977
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