لاکتانتیوس

Also known as Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius, Lucius Caelius Firmianus Lactantius

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Lactantius was a male human writer, apologist, and rhetorician from the Roman Africa region during the Low Roman Empire. A citizen of Ancient Rome belonging to the Caecilia gens, he wrote in Latin and studied under Arnobius. His professional fields included apologetics, theology, and philosophy. He is the author of the notable work *De mortibus persecutorum*.

He was born around 240 and died around 320 in Trier. His works are held in collections such as the J. Paul Getty Museum. Historical sources describing him include the *Nordisk familjebok*, *De viris illustribus*, the *Pauly–Wissowa*, and the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*. Other recorded titles include *Divinarum institutionum libri septem* and *Le divine istituzioni*.

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Person · Open Library

Born: ca. 240
Died: ca. 320.
Works: 103

Top works

L. Coelii Lactantii Firmiani Divinarvm institvtionvm libri septem proxime castigati, et avcti
L. Coelii Lactantii Firmiani Divinarum institutionum lib. VII
Le divine istituzioni
L. Coelii Lanctantii [sic] Firmiani Diuinarum institutionum libri VII ...
Habes i hoc volumine lector optime diuina Lactantii Firmiani opera nuper per Janũ Parrhasiũ accuratissime castigata: graeco ĩtegro adiũcto: quod in aliis cũ mancũ. tũ corruptũ inuenit̃

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Key facts

Writer.image: Lactantius.jpg
Writer.caption: Fourth-century mural possibly depicting Lactantius (or possibly Apuleius)
Writer.death_date: (aged )
Writer.birth_place: Possibly Cirta, Numidia
Writer.citizenship: Roman
Writer.birth_name: Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Ancient Rome
Place of birth: Roman Africa
Place of death: Trier
Occupation: rhetorician
Languages spoken: Latin
Notable work: De mortibus persecutorum
Student of: Arnobius
Field of work: philosophy
Image: Lactantius.jpg

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Commons category: Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius
described by source: Nordisk familjebok
time period: Low Roman Empire
gens: Caecilia gens
date of death: 0320-00-00
has works in the collection: J. Paul Getty Museum
writing language: Latin
Commons Creator page: Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius
date of birth: 0250-00-00
P8168: Evie Dominikovic
P13311: Bocklemünd/Mengenich

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to لاکتانتیوس, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

De vita christiana

Opera. De divinis institutionibus adversus gentes. De ira Dei. De opificio Dei, seu De formatione hominis).

[De falsa religione [Manuscrito]

Opera omnia. Editio novissima ... emendata atque notis illustrata; cui manum primam adhibuit Johannes-Baptista Le Brun, extremam imposuit Nicolaus Lenglet Dufresnoy

Liber ad Donatum confessorenide mortibus persecutorum... denuo emendatus. Accessit disputatio, in qua de hujus libri auctore disputatur (etc.) studio Nicolai le Nourry.

De mortibus perfecutorum cum notes Stephani Baluzii, qui primus vulgavit; 2. ed. addita... Henr. Dodwelli dissertatio de ripa Striga; nec non Theod. Ruinarti praefatio ad acta martyrum