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Lactantius

250 - 325

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Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius (c. 250 – c. 325) was an early Christian author who became an advisor to Roman emperor Constantine I, guiding his Christian religious policy in its initial stages of emergence, and a tutor to his son Crispus. His most important work is the Institutiones Divinae ("The Divine Institutes"), an apologetic treatise intended to establish the reasonableness and truth of Christianity to pagan critics. He is best known for his apologetic works, widely read during the Renaissance by humanists, who called Lactantius the "Christian Cicero". Also often attributed to Lactantius is the poem The Phoenix, which is based on the myth of the phoenix from Egypt and Arabia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lactantius is the 474th most popular writer (down from 422nd in 2019), the 95th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Egyptian Writer.

Lactantius is most famous for his work, "The Divine Institutes," which is a defense of Christianity.

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Among writers, Lactantius ranks 474 out of 7,302. Before him are Alessandro Manzoni, Charles, Duke of Orléans, Erich von Däniken, Tulsidas, Mo Yan, and Françoise Sagan. After him are André Maurois, Karl Barth, Ken Follett, Savitribai Phule, France Prešeren, and Milena Jesenská.

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Among people born in 250, Lactantius ranks 11. Before him are Chandragupta I, Pope Miltiades, Saint Florian, Pope Marcellinus, Pope Caius, and Pope Eusebius. After him are Martinian, Carinus, Saint Maurice, Heliodorus of Emesa, Bahram I, and Hormizd I. Among people deceased in 325, Lactantius ranks 2. Before him is Licinius. After him are Emperor Ming of Jin, Sopater of Apamea, and Eutropia.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Lactantius ranks 95 out of 642. Before him are Sosigenes of Alexandria (-80), Al-Kamil (1177), Eric Hobsbawm (1917), Athenaeus (200), Psamtik I (-700), and Muhammad Abduh (1849). After him are Arsinoe IV of Egypt (-68), Moses the Black (332), Saint Menas (285), Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876), Paul of Thebes (227), and Berenice IV of Egypt (-77).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Lactantius ranks 7. Before him are Naguib Mahfouz (1911), Apollonius of Rhodes (-295), Appian (95), Sayyid Qutb (1906), Constantine P. Cavafy (1863), and Athenaeus (200). After him are Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876), Claudian (370), Nonnus (500), Dionysius Thrax (-170), Pope Dionysius of Alexandria (190), and Taha Hussein (1889).

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