Faustus of Mileve

Faustus of Mileve was a Manichaean bishop of the fourth century. He is now remembered for his encounter with Augustine of Hippo, in Carthage and around the year 383. This left Augustine, at this time a follower, unsatisfied with the answers he received. Later, after his conversion to Catholic Christianity, Augustine wrote a polemical work Contra Faustum.

Faustus was from Milevis, Numidia (modern Algeria). From a poor, pagan background, he had become a highly reputed teacher, preacher and debater. Some of his writings survive^{[citation needed]}.

References

• Samuel N. C. Lieu, Manichaeism in the Later Roman Empire and Medieval China (1992), p. 154