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Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
Tertullian
Tertullian (; ; 155 – 220 AD) was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. He was the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of Latin Christian literature and was an early Christian apologist and a polemicist against heresy, including Gnosticism.
Gelasius I
Bishop of Rome from 492 to 496
Victor I
Pope and Bishop of Rome from 189 to 199
Miltiades
pope
Cyprian
Cyprian (; ; to 14 September 258 AD) was a bishop of Carthage and an early Christian writer of Berber descent, many of whose Latin works are extant. He is recognized as a saint in the Western and Eastern churches.
Lactantius
Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius () was an early Christian author who became an advisor to Roman emperor Constantine I, guiding his Christian religious policy in its initial stages of emergence, and a tutor to his son Crispus. His most important work is the Institutiones Divinae ("The Divine Institutes"), an apologetic treatise intended to establish the reasonableness and truth of Christianity to pagan critics.
Monica of Hippo
Christian saint; mother of St. Augustine
Dihya
Al-Kahina (), also known as Dihya, was a Berber warrior-queen of the Aurès (present-day Algeria) and a religious and military leader who lived during the 7th century.
Arnobius
Arnobius (died c. 330) was an early Christian apologist of Berber origin during the reign of Diocletian (284–305).
Zeno of Verona
Italian Catholic bishop and saint (300-371)
Donatus Magnus
founder of Donatism
Taos Amrouche
Kabylian writer and singer (1913-1976)
Jean Amrouche
Algerian francophone writer, poet and journalist (1906–1962)
Malika Oufkir
Moroccan Amazigh (Berber) writer and former "disappeared"
Pierre Rabhi
French writer, farmer, and poet (1938-2021)
Adrian of Canterbury
Abbot of Canterbury
Victor Maurus
Christian martyr
Fadhma Aït Mansour
writer (1882–1967)
Christianity in Algeria
Wikipedia overview article
Christianity in Morocco
religion in Morocco
Masuna
Masuna or Massonas () was a Berber from what is now western Algeria who was said to have been a Christian, he ruled the Mauro-Roman Kingdom with its capital based in Altava which is now in present-day Algeria around the Tlemcen area. He was able to maintain the independence of his kingdom by resisting occupation from the Vandals. King Masuna allied with the Eastern Roman Emperor Justinian and assisted him in a war against the Vandals in 533 and also against other invading Berber tribal confederations. During his reign he was obeyed by the tribes of Mauretania.
Zayd Abu Zayd
Spanish nobility
Brother Rachid
Christian missionary
Ahmed es-Sikeli
eunuch and kaid of the Diwan of the Kingdom of Sicily during the reign of William I of Sicily
Nubel
Nubel or Nuvel was a Quinquegentian king from the Jubalenis tribe (a tribe established near the region of the ancient city of Auzia), having lived in the middle of the fourth century in Petra Mlakou Castle.
Early African Church
historical region of Christianity