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Aurelius of Carthage

  • Year: d. c. 429-430.
  • Feast Day: 20 July

Archdeacon of Carthage who became Archbishop of Carthage in 388, holding jurisdiction over the metropolitans of Roman Africa. A close associate of St Augustine, he presided over the plenary councils of the African Church, worked to reconcile repentant Donatists, and was among the first to unmask and formally condemn Pelagianism, notably excommunicating Celestius in 412 and condemning Pelagius and Celestius together in 416.