Commodian
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Commodian (Commodianus) was a Christian Latin poet, who flourished about AD 250.
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- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Occupation
- writer
- Languages spoken
- Latin
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- 0300-00-00
- date of death
- 0300-00-00
- time period
- Roman Empire
- writing language
- Latin
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Commodian (Commodianus) was a Christian Latin poet, who flourished about AD 250.
The only ancient writers who mention him are Gennadius, presbyter of Massilia (end of 5th century), in his De scriptoribus ecclesiasticis, and an author once thought to be Pope Gelasius in De libris recipiendis et non recipiendis, in which his works are classed as Apocryphi, probably on account of certain heterodox statements contained in them. Commodianus is supposed to have been from Roman Africa, partly on the ground of his similarity to Cyprian, partly because the African school was the chief center of Christian Latinity in the third century; a Syrian origin has also been suggested.
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