| LC control no. | n 84081378 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Africanus, Sextus Julius |
| Variant(s) | Julius Africanus, Sextus Africanus, Julius Julius Africanus Africano, Giulio |
| Associated country | Africa |
| Birth date | 0180~ |
| Death date | 0250~ |
| Place of birth | Jerusalem |
| Field of activity | Christianity--History |
| Profession or occupation | Historians |
| Special note | Not to be confused with: Julius Africanus, 1st cent. |
| Found in | Origen. Sur les Ecritures, 1983: t.p. (Africanus) p. 471, etc. (Julius Africanus) LC data base, 6-8-84 (hdg.: Africanus, Sextus Julius; usage: Julius Africanus, Sextus Julius Africanus) Encyc. Brit., 15th ed. (Africanus, Sextus Julius, b. ca. 180, Jerusalem; d. ca. 250; early Christian historian) New Cath. encyc. (Julius Africanus, Sextus, b. ca. 160, d. ca. 240) Oxford class. dict. (Africanus, Julius) Giulio Africano, 1997: p. 3 (Sextus Julius Africanus) Wikipedia, Jan. 31, 2017 (Sextus Julius Africanus (c. 160 - c. 240; a "Libyan philosopher") was a Christian traveler and historian of the late second and early third centuries; he is important chiefly because of his influence on Eusebius, on all the later writers of Church history among the Church Fathers, and on the whole Greek school of chroniclers; Africanus wrote Chronographiai, a history of the world in five volumes) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sextus_Julius_Africanus> New Advent Website, Jan. 31, 2017 (Julius Africanus ((c. 160-c. 240; the full name is Sextus Iulius Africanus) is the father of Christian chronography; little is known of his life and little remains of his works; his name says that he was an African; all the dates of his life are uncertain) <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08565a.htm> |
| Associated language | grc |
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