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Marius Victorinus

c. 290 – c. 364 · b. Africa
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African rhetorician at Rome, Neoplatonist, who converted to Christianity in old age. Wrote anti-Arian Trinitarian treatises and a famous influence on Augustine.

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Sources for biography

  • Augustine, Confessions 8.2 primary
  • Jerome, De Viris Illustribus 101 primary

documented connections(1)

  • knew of (incoming) Augustine of Hippo
    Augustine was deeply moved by hearing of the conversion of Marius Victorinus.
    Augustine, Confessions 8.2-5

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