Lius
or CÆCILIUS, an eminent father of the Church, lived at the beginning of the 4th century. He was by some esteemed an African and by others a native of Fremo, in Ancona. He studied rhetoric under Arnobius, and by his "Symposium" he obtained such renown that Diocletian appointed him to teach rhetoric in Nicomedia. Subsequently he was appointed tutor to Crispus, the son of Constantine. He wrote many works in vindication of Christianity, from the style of which he has been honored with the name of the "Christian Cicero." His principal work is the "Divine Institutions," in seven books.