Marius Mercator

A lay writer, probably a native of North Africa, who lived in Rome and Constantinople in the 420s-440s. A friend of Augustine, he wrote against the Pelagians and against Nestorius, and translated into Latin works of Theodore of Mopsuestia and Nestorius, many of which survive only in his versions.

Dates

active ca. 418-451 (approximate)

See or city

Rome

Region

Italy

Works

• Commonitorium against the heresy of Pelagius and Caelestius and the writings of Julian, with Subnotations on Augustine's Unfinished Work against JulianCommonitorium aduersum haeresim Pelagii et Caelestii uel etiam scripta Iuliani · 429-431 · CPL 1801 (not yet checked)