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A Short Biography of Lactantius

Author Name:

Lactantius

Born As:

Lucius Caelius Firmianus Lactantius

Other Names:

Lucius Caelius Firmianus Lactantius - or Caecilius?

Born:

240

Died:

3320




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Writer and apologist                          
Selected Works:

De Opificio Dei - The Works of God
Divinarum Institutionum Libri VII - The Divine Institutions
De Ira Dei - On the Wrath of God
De Mortibus Persecutorum
Lucii Caecilii liber ad Donatum Confessorem de Mortibus Persecutorium.                          
                          
Wrote apologetic works explaining Christianity in terms that would be palatable to educated pagans while defending it from pagan philosophers.