Church-father, c. 160 - c. 220. A native of Carthage, he became a lawyer, probably living in Rome. Having been converted to Christianity in 195 or 196, he returned to Carthage, where he became a catechist and, according to St. Hieronymus, a priest. Author of a long list of apologetic, theological, controversial and ascetic works in Latin, and of a few writings in Greek.