Octavius of Menusius Felix

Marcus Minucius Felix (died c. 250AD in Rome) was one of the earliest of the Latin apologists for Christianity. He is from a Berber origin. Nothing is known of his personal history, and even the date at which he wrote can be only approximately ascertained as between AD 150 and 270. Jerome’s De Viris Illustribus #58 speaks of him as ＂Romae insignis causidicus＂ [one of Rome’s notable solicitors], but in that he is probably only improving on the expression of Lactantius who speaks of him as ＂non ignobilis inter causidicos loci＂ [not unknown among solicitors].