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Of his personal history we know almost
the daughter of the elder Faustina. During the three tracts which bear his name.
life of Hadrian she was betrothed to the son of
1. Faustini de Trinitate s. De Fide contra Aria-
Aelius Caesar ; but upon the accession of her father,
Antoninus Pius, the match was broken off, in con- treatise, the subject of which is sufficiently ex
nos ad Flacillam Imperatricem Libri VII. This
sequence of the extreme youth of L. Verus, and it plained by the title, has been erroneously ascribed
was fixed that she should become the bride of to the Spanish bishop Gregorius. It is divided into
M. Aurelius, although the marriage was not so-
seven books, or rather chapters, and must have been
lemnized until A. D. 145 or 146. She died in a
village on the skirts of Mount Taurus, in the year the first wife of Theodosius, died in that year.
composed not later than A. D. 385, since Flacilla,
A. D. 175, having accompanied the emperor to
Syria, when he visited the East for the purpose of A short Confession of Faith, written probably be-
2. Faustini Fides Theodosio Imperatori oblata.
restoring tranquillity after the rebellion of Avidius tween the years 379-381,
at which period Faus-
Cassius, which is said to have been excited by her tinus appears to have resided at Eleutheropolis.
intrigues (M. AURELIUS ; AVIDIUS Cassius).
3. Libellus Precum, presented to Valentinianus
Her profligacy was so open and infamous, that the and Theodosius about . D. 384. It contains a
good nature or blindness of her husband, who che defence of the tenets of the Luciferiani, crares the
rished her fondly while alive, and loaded her with protection of the emperors, and is believed to have
honours after her death, appear truly marvellous. been the joint
work of Faustinus and Marcellinus.
(Dion Cass. lxxi. 10, 22, 29, 31 ; Capitolin. Attached to it we find a Praefatio, from which we
M. A:srel. 6, 19, 26 ; Eutrop. viii. 5 ; Eckhel, vol. learn that the authors had twenty years before
vii. p. 76. )
taken a most active part in favour of Ursinus
against Damasus [DAMASUS], and had suffered
much persecution in consequence. This introduc-
tion, which is extremely violent in its representa-
tions, appears not to have been drawn up until
after the publication of the favourable rescript by
Theodosius to the petitions of the Libellus.
The De Trinitate was first printed in the Ortho-
dozograph. of Heroldus, fol. Basil. 1555; the
3. Domitia Faustina, a daughter of M. Au- Libellus, by Sirmond (8vo. Paris, 1650, aná Sir-
relius and the younger Faustina. (Eckhel, vol vii. mond, Oper. vol. i. p. 230. fol. Paris, 1696), to-
gether with the rescript of Theodosius and ancient
p. 76. )
4. Annia FAUSTINA, a grand-daughter or great masus and Ursinus ; the Fides by Quesnel in the
testimonies regarding the controversy between Da-
grand-daughter of M. Aurelius, was the third of Canones et Constitut. Eccl
. Rom. , vol
. ii. p. 138,
the numerous wives of Elagabalus. The marriage, 4to. Paris, 1675. The collected works Fausti-
nus will be found in the Bibl. Max. Patrum, Lug-
dun. 1677, vol. v. p. 637, and under their best
form in the Bibl. Patrum of Galland, vol viii.
p. 441. (Gennadius, de Viris II. 11. ) (W. R. )
FAU'STULUS, the royal shepherd of Amulius
and husband of Acca Laurentia. He found Ro-
mulus and Remus as they were nursed by the she-
wolf, and carried the twins to his wife to be
brought up. (Liv. i. 5. ) He was believed to have
been killed, like Remus, by near relatives, while
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a
them, and to have been buried in the forum near | Admonitio and exhortations, all addressed to the
the rostra, were a stone figure of a lion marked his monks of Lerins, while he presided over their
tomb. Others, however, believed that Romulus community. (Martene et Durand, Scriptor. et
was buried there. (Festus, 8. v. Niger Lapis ; Monumentor. ampliss. Collectio, vol. ix. p. 142. fol.
Dionys. i. 87; Hartung, Die Relig. d. Rom. vol
. ii. Paris, 1733 ; Brockie, Codex Regularum, &c. Ap-
(L. S. ) pend. p. 469, fol. Aug. Vind. 1759; Bibl. Mar.
FAUSTUS, a tragic poet of the time of Ju- | Patr. Lugdun. 1677. vol. viii. p. 545, 547; Basnage,
venal (vii. 12).
Thesaurus Monumentor. &c. vol. i. p. 350. fol.
FAUSTUS, an African bishop of the Mani- Amst. 1725. )
chneans, who, according to St. Augustin, was a man 5. llomilia de S. Marimi Laudibus, erroneously
of great natural shrewdness and persuasive elo- included among the homilies ascribed to Eusebius
quence, but altogether destitute of cultivation or Emesenus, who flourished under Constantius before
learning. He published about A. D. 400 an attack the establishment of a monastery at Lerins. (Bill.
upon the Catholic faith, a work known to us from Magna Patr. Colon. Agripp. fol. 1618, vol. v. p. 1.
the elaborate reply by the bishop of Hippo, Con No. 12. ).
tru Fuustum Alanichacum," extending to thirty- 6. Epistolae. Nineteen are to be found in the
five books, arranged in such a manner that the third part of the fifth volume of the Bibl. Mag.
arguments of the heretic are first stated in his own Patr. Colon. Agripp. fol. 1618, and the most in-
words, and then confuted. (See vol. viii. of the teresting are contained in Bill. Max. Patr. Lug-
Benedictine edition of St. Augustine. ) (W. R. ) dun, vol. vii. p. 524, 548–554. See also Basnage,
FAUSTUS, surnamed Reiensis (otherwise Thes. Mon, vol. i. p. 343. These letters are ad-
Regensis, or Regiensis) from the episcopal see over dressed to different persons, and treat of various
which he presided, was a native of Brittany, the points connected with speculative theology, and the
contemporary and friend of Sidonius Apollinaris. heresies prevalent at that epoch. (Sidon. Apollin.
Having passed his youth in the seclusion of a Carm. Euchar, ad Faustum ; Gennad. de Viris IN.
cloister, he succeeded Maximus, first as abbot of 85 ; Baronius, Annal. vol. vi. ad ann.
490 ; Tille-
Lerins, afterwards in A. D. 472, as bishop of Riez, mont, vol. xvi. p. 433; Wiggers, de Joanne Cassiano,
.
in Provence, and died about a. D. 490, or, accord- &c. Rostoch. 1824, 1825, and other historians of
ing to Tillemont, some years later. For a con- semipelagianism enumerated at the end of the ar-
siderable period he was regarded as the head of ticle CassianC'S. )
(W. R. ]
the Semipelagians (Cassianus), and, in conse FAUSTUS, ANNIUS, a man of equestrian
quence of the earnestness and success with which rank, and one of the informers (delatores) in the
he advocated the doctrines of that sect, was stig. reign of Nero, was condemned by the senate in
matised as a heretic by the Catholic followers of A. D. 69, on the accusation of Vibius Crispus.
St. Augustin, while his zeal against the Arians (Tac. Hist. ii. 10. )
excited the enmity of Euric, king of the Visigoths, FAUSTUS CORNELIUS SULLA. (SULLA. )
by whom he was driven into exile about A. D. 481, FEBRIS, the goddess of fever, or rather the
and did not return until A. D. 484, after the death averter of fever. She had three sanctuaries at
of his persecutor. Notwithstanding the heavy Rome, the most ancient and celebrated of which
charges preferred against the orthodoxy of this was on the Palatine ; the second was on the area,
prelate, it is certain that he enjoyed a wide re- which was adorned with the monuments of Marius,
putation, and possessed great influence, while alive, and the third in the upper part of the vicus longus.
and was worshipped as a saint after death, by the In these sanctuaries amulets were dedicated which
citizens of Riez, who erected a basilica to his people had worn during a fever. (Val. Max. ii. 5.
memory, and long celebrated his festival on the $ 6 ; Cic. de Leg. ii. 11 ; de Nat. Deor. iii. 25;
18th of January.
Aelian, V. H. xii. 11). The worship of this di-
The works of Faustus have never been collected vinity at Rome is sufficiently accounted for by the
and edited with care, and hence the accounts given fact, that in ancient times the place was visited by
by different authorities vary considerably. The fevers as much as at the present day. [L. S. )
following list, if not absolutely complete, embraces FEBRUUS, an ancient Italian dirinity, to
every thing of importance :-
whom the month of February was sacred, for in
1. Professio Fidci, contra eos, qui per solam Dei the latter half of that month great and general
Voluntatem alios dicunt ad Vitam attrahi, alios in purifications and lustrations were celebrated, which
Mortem deprimi. (Bibl. Max. Patr. Lugdun. 1677, were at the same time considered to produce fer-
vol. viii. p. 523. )
tility among men as well as beasts. Hence the
2. De Gratia Dei et Humanae Mentis libero month of February was also sacred to Juno, the
Arbitrio Libri II. (Bibl. Max. Patr. Lugdun. goddess of marriage, and she was therefore sur-
vol. viii. p. 525. )
named Februata, or Februtis. (Fest. s. r. Febru-
These two treatises, composed about A. D. 475, arius; Arnob. iii. 30. ) The name Februus is
present a full and distinct developement of the connected with februare (to purify), and februae
sentiments of the author with regard to original (purifications). (Varro, de L. L. vi. 13; 04. Fast.
sin, predestination, free will, election, and grace, ii. 31, &c. ) Another feature in the character of this
and demonstrate that his views corresponded god, which is however intimately connected with
closely with those entertained by Cassianus. the idea of purification, is, that he was also re-
3. Responsio ad Objecta quaedam de Ratione garded as a god of the lower world, for the festival
Fidei Catholicae ; an essay, as the title implies, on of the dead (Feralia) was likewise celebrated in
some points connected with the Arian controversy. February (Macrob. Sat. i. 4, 13; Ov. Fast. ii. 535,
It is included in the collection of ancient French &c. ); and Anysius (ap. J. Lydum, de Mens. i.
ecclesiastical writers published by P. Pithou, 4to. p. 68) states, that Februus in Etruscan signified
1586.
the god of the lower world (katayBovios). Hence
4. Sermones Sex ad Monachos, together with an Februus was identified with Pluto. When the


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expiatory sacrifices were burnt, the people threw | Hist. Eccl. i. 20. ) His government, however,
the ashes backwards over their heads into the though cruel and oppressive, was strong. Disturb-
water. (Serv. ad Virg. Georg. i. 43 ; Isidor. Orig. ances were vigorously suppressed, the country was
v. 33 ; Voss. in Virg. Eclog. viii. 101. ) [L S. ] cleared of the robbers who infested it, and the
FELICITAS, the personification of happiness, seditions raised by the false prophets and other
to whom a temple was erected by Lucullus in impostors, who availed themselves of the faneticism
B. c. 75, which, however, was burnt down in the of the people, were effectually quelled. (Joseph.
reign of Claudius: . (Plin. H. N. xxxiv. 8 ; Au- Ant. xx. 8, Bell. Jud. ii. 13; Euseb. Hist. Eccl.
gustin. de Civ. Dei, iv. 18, 23 ; comp. Cic. in Verr. ii. 21 ; comp. Acts, xxi. 38, xxiv. 2. ) He was
iv. 2, 57. ) Felicitas is frequently seen on Roman recalled in a. D. 62, and succeeded by Porcius Fes-
medals, in the form of a matron, with the staff of tus ; and the chief Jews of Caesarcia (the seat of
Mercury (caduceus) and a cornucopia. Sometimes his government) having lodged accusations against
also she has other attributes, according to the kind him at Rome, he was saved from condign punish-
of happiness she represents. (Lindner, de Felicitate ment only by the influence of his brother Pallas
Dea er Numis illustrata, Arnstadt, 1770; Rasche, with Nero (Joseph. Ant. xx. 8. $ 9; Euseb. Ilist.
Lax Num. ii. 1, p. 956. ) The Greeks worshipped Eccl. ii. 22 ; Acts, xxiv. 27). For the account
the same personification, under the name of Eu- which Tacitus (Hist. v.