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Novatian

c. 200 – c. 258 · b. Rome
theologianpresbyter

Roman presbyter, rigorist rival to Pope Cornelius and first significant antipope. Author of De Trinitate, a major Latin Trinitarian text.

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Who was Novatian?
Novatian (200–258) — Roman presbyter, rigorist rival to Pope Cornelius and first significant antipope. Author of De Trinitate, a major Latin Trinitarian text.
Who did Novatian oppose?
Cyprian of Carthage and Pope Cornelius.

Sources for biography

  • Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 6.43-46 primary
  • Cyprian, Ep. 44-55 primary
  • Jerome, De Viris Illustribus 70 primary

documented connections(2)

  • opposed (incoming) Cyprian of Carthage
    Cyprian sided with Cornelius against the rigorist Novatian and refused communion with the Novatianist party.
    Cyprian, Ep. 44, 55 · Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 6.43-45
  • opposed Pope Cornelius
    Novatian had himself consecrated bishop of Rome in opposition to Cornelius over the treatment of the lapsed.
    Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 6.43

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