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Chapter CX.

Optatus ²⁵⁴¹ the African, bishop of Milevis, ²⁵⁴² during the reign of the Emperors Valentinianus and Valens, wrote in behalf of the Catholic party six books against the calumny of the Donatian party, in which he asserts that the crime of the Donatists is falsely charged upon the catholic party.

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381:2541

Flourished about 370.

381:2542

Milevis or Mileum = Milah “a town of Numidia 25 miles north-west of Cirta.” Phillott.

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