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DONATUS

Volume 7 · 52 words · 1815 Edition

a schismatic bishop of Carthage, founder of the sect of DONATISTS. His followers swore by him, and honoured him like a god. He died about 368.

Melius, a famous grammarian, lived at Rome in 354. He was one of St Jerome's masters; and composed commentaries on Terence and Virgil, which are esteemed.