Faustus

• A surname of L. Cornelius Sulla, the son of the dictator, also called Faustus Sulla, Cic. Clu. 34, 94; id. Sull. 19, 54; id. Vatin. 13, 32; id. Agr. 1, 4, 12; id. Att. 9, 1, 4; 9, 11, 4; Caes. B. C. 1, 6.—
• • B Deriv.: Faustĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Faustus Sulla, Faustian: ager, that produced excellent wine, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 62: vina, Front. Fer. Als. 3.—
• II Fem.: Fausta, ae, daughter of Sulla, wife of Milo, Cic. Att. 5, 8, 2.—
• III A poor tragedian, Juv. 7, 12.

a tragic poet of the time of Juvenal (7.12).

an African bishop of the Manichaeans, who, according to St. Augustin, was a man of great natural shrewdness and persuasive eloquence, but altogether destitute of cultivation or learning. Works An Attack upon the Catholic Faith

He published about A. D. 400 an attack upon the Catholic faith, a work known to us from the elaborate reply by the bishop of Hippo, Contra Faustum Manichaeum, extending to thirty-five books, arranged in such a manner that the arguments of the heretic are first stated in his own words, and then confuted. (See vol. viii. of the Benedictine edition of St. Augustine.) [W.R]

surnamed Reiensis (otherwise Regensis, or Regiensis) from the episcopal see over which he presided, was a native of Brittany, the contemporary and friend of Sidonius Apollinaris. Having passed his youth in the seclusion of a cloister, he succeeded Maximus, first as abbot of Lerins, afterwards in A. D. 472, as bishop of Riez, in Provence, and died about A. D. 490, or, according to Tillemont, some years latter. For a considerable period he was regarded as the head of the Semipelagians [Cassianus], and, in consequence of the earnestness and success with which he advocated the doctrines of that sect, was stigmatised as a heretic by the Catholic followers of St. Augustin, while his zeal against the Arians excited the enmity of Euric, king of the Visigoths, by whom He was driven into exile about A. D. 481, and did not return until A. D. 484, after the death of his persecutor. Notwithstanding the heavy charges preferred against the orthodoxy of this prelate, it is certain that he enjoyed a wide reputation, and possessed great influence, while alive, and was worshipped as a saint after death, by the citizens of Riez, who erected a basilica to his memory, and long celebrated his festival on the 18th of January.

The works of Faustus have never been collected and edited with care, and hence the accounts given by different authorities vary considerably. The following list, if not absolutely complete, embraces every thing of importance :-- Works Professio Fidei and De Gratia Dei

The following two treatises, composed about A. D. 475, present a full and distinct developemenient of the sentiments of the author with regard to original sin, predestinati on, free will, election, and grace, and demonstrate that his views corresponded closely with those entertained by Cassianus. 1. Professio Fidei, contra eos, qui per solam Dei Voluntatem alios dicunt ad Vitam attrahi, alios in Mortem deprimi. Further Information

Bibl. Max. Patr. Lugdun. 1677, vol. viii. p. 523. 2. De Gratia Dei et Hamanae Mentis libero Arbitrio Libri II. Further Information

Bibl. Max. Patr. Lugdun. vol. viii. p. 525. 3. Responsio ad Objecta quaedam de Ratione Fidei Catholicae

an essay, as the title implies, on some points connected with the Arian controversy. Editions

It is included in the collection of ancient French ecclesiastical writers published by P. Pithou, 4to. 1586. 4. Sermones Sea ad Monachos

Together with an Admionitio and exhortations, all addressed to the monks of Lerins, while he presided over their community. Further Information

Martene et Durand, Scriptor. et Monumentor. ampliss. Collectio, vol. ix. p. 142. fol. Paris, 1733; Brockie, Codex Regularum, &c. Append. p. 469, fol. Aug. Vind. 1759; Bibl. Max. Patr. Lugdun. 1677. vol. viii. p. 545, 547; Basnage, Thesaurus Monumentor. &c. vol. i. p. 350. fol. Amst. 1725. 5. Homilia de S. Maximi Laudibus

He erroneously included among the homilies ascribed to Eusebius Emesenus, who flourished under Constantius before the establishment of a monastery at Lerins. Further Information

Bibl. Magna Patr. Colon. Agripp. fol. 1618, vol. v. p. 1. No. 12. 6. Epistolae.

These letters are addressed to different persons, and treat of various points connected with speculative theology, and the heresies prevalent at that epoch. Editions

Nineteen are to be found in the third part of the fifth volume of the Bibl. Mag. Patr. Colon. Agripp. fol. 1618, and the most interesting are contained in Bibl. Max. Patr. Lugdun. vol. viii. p. 524, 548-554. See also Basnage, Thes. Mon. vol. i. p. 343. Further Information

Sidon. Apollin. Carm. Euchar. ad Faustum ; Gennad. de Viris Ill. 85; Baronius, Annal. vol. vi. ad ann. 490; Tillemont, vol. xvi. p. 433; Wiggers, de Joanne Cassiano, &c. Rostoch. 1824, 1825, and other historians of semipelagianism enumerated at the end of the article Cassianus. [W.R]

a man of equestrian rank, and one of the informers (delatores) in the reign of Nero, was condemned by the senate in A. D. 69, on the accusation of Vibius Crispus. (Tac. Hist. 2.10.)

[Sulla.]