Key Facts:

Date October 2, 313 (Optatus, Against the Donatists, 1.22-24)
Location Rome
Number of Participants 19 (Optatus)
Summoned by Constantine
Key Participants Bishop Miltiades of Rome, Donatus, Caecilian
Key Issue The council cleared Caecilian of charges brought against him by the Donatists.
Primary Source Descriptions Eusebius, Church History, 10.5.18-20, Optatus, Against the Donatists 1.22-24, Augustine’s letters 43.5 and 88.2

Surviving Documents:

Constantine’s Summons to the Council

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