Ticonius

Tyconius (also Ticonius, Tichonius and other spellings ) was a Donatist bishop and church writer who lived in the second half of the 4th century, in North Africa.

Life and work

Not much is known about the life of Tyconius, sources are the church historian Gennadius of Marseilles, and a letter of Parmenianus, a Donatist bishop of Carthage. This letter is handed down by a refutation of Augustine. According to Augustine Tyconius was excluded after clashes with Parmenianus from the Donatist church.

According to Gennadius, he wrote the De bello intestino writings (over the fight in the womb, that is, between Jacob and Esau, Gen. 25.25 to 26 EU) and Expositiones diversarum causarum ( discussions on various matters ). His commentary on the Book of Revelation is not preserved, but can be derived from quotations in other apocalypses comments, especially in the Beatus of Liébana, reconstruct for the most part.

His main works are preserved the seven books of the rules ( De septem regulis, in Patrologia Latina XVIII, 15-66 ), cited by Augustine.