Faustus of Mileve
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Faustus of Mileve was a Manichaean bishop of the fourth century. He is now remembered for his encounter with Augustine of Hippo, in Carthage and around the year 383. This left Augustine, at this time a follower, unsatisfied with the answers he received[1]. Later, after his conversion to Catholic Christianity, Augustine wrote a polemical work Contra Faustum.
Faustus was from Milevis, Numidia (modern Mila). From a poor, pagan background, he had become a highly-reputed teacher, preacher and debater. Some of his writings survive.
[edit] Reference
- Samuel N. C. Lieu, Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval China (1992), p. 154
[edit] Notes
- ^ Paul S. MacDonald, History of the Concept of Mind (2007), p. 146.
