Lucifer of Cagliari · Sophia Scriptura

Lucifer was bishop of Cagliari and an uncompromising defender of Athanasius and the Nicene faith. From exile he sent Constantius II five long tracts, written in a Latin thick with Scripture quotation, urging the emperor to repent and warning that no communion may be held with Arians.

Dates: d. 370 (approximate)
See or city: Cagliari
Region: Sardinia
Notes: Bishop of Cagliari in Sardinia; he refused to condemn Athanasius at the Council of Milan (355) and was exiled by Constantius II to Palestine and the Thebaid. His uncompromising stand against communion with repentant Arian bishops gave rise to the Luciferian schism, which he himself did not lead. His cult is local (Cagliari) and recognised in the Roman Martyrology.

Works

Letters (of Lucifer and others)Epistulae · ca. 356–361 · CPL 117 (not yet checked)
On Not Agreeing with HereticsDe non conviniendo cum haereticis · ca. 356–361 · CPL 112 (not yet checked)
On Apostate KingsDe regibus apostaticis · ca. 356–361 · CPL 113 (not yet checked)
On Saint Athanasius (two books)De sancto Athanasio libri II · ca. 356–361 · CPL 114 (not yet checked)
On Not Sparing Those Who Sin against GodDe non parcendo in Deum delinquentibus · ca. 356–361 · CPL 115 (not yet checked)
That One Must Die for the Son of GodMoriendum esse pro Dei Filio · ca. 356–361 · CPL 116 (not yet checked)