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Also known as Optatus of Milevis, St Optatus

Optatus, sometimes anglicized as Optate, was Bishop of Milevis, in Numidia, in the fourth century, remembered for his writings against Donatism.

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4th cent.
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  • The work of St. Optatus, bishop of Milevis, against the Donatists
  • Traité contre les donatistes
  • Traité contre les donatistes
  • Delibatio Africanæ historiæ ecclesiasticæ
  • De schismate Donatistarum libri septem

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Key facts

Saint.honorific_prefix
Saint
Saint.name
Optatus of Milevis
Saint.feast_day
4 June
Saint.venerated_in
Eastern Orthodox ChurchRoman Catholic Church
Saint.image
Optat de Mileve.jpg
Saint.titles
Church Father, Bishop of Melevis

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Optat de Mileve.jpg
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Saint Optatus
date of birth
0400-01-01
date of death
0397-00-00
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Works in European collections

6 objects attributed to Optatus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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6 sections
Contents
  • Biography and context
  • Doctrine
  • Veneration
  • The Constantinian Letters in the ''Appendix'' of ''Against the Donatists''
  • Sources
  • References

Optatus, sometimes anglicized as Optate, was Bishop of Milevis, in Numidia, in the fourth century, remembered for his writings against Donatism.

==Biography and context== Augustine of Hippo suggests that Optatus was a convert: "Do we not see with how great a booty of gold and silver and garments Cyprian, doctor suavissimus, came forth out of Egypt, and likewise Lactantius, Victorinus, Optatus, Hilary?" (De doctrina Christiana, xl).

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