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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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Born: 4th cent.
Died: 0397-00-00
Works: 9

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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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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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Key dates

Died: 397
Born: 1 January 400

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Ancient Rome
Place of birth: Mila
Occupation: bishop
Position held: bishop
Languages spoken: Latin
Religion: Catholic Church
Image: Optat de Mileve.jpg

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Biography and context
Doctrine
Veneration
The Constantinian Letters in the ''Appendix'' of ''Against the Donatists''
Sources
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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).