Minucius Felix, an early Latin apologist, of whose history nothing is known with certainty. His name survives through his Octavius, a dialogue held on the beach at Ostia, between the pagan Cæcilius Natalis and the Christian Octavius Januarius. The latter succeeds in convincing his opponent, although his Christianity shows no trace of such distinctive dogmas as that of the resurrection. Cyprian's De Idolorum Vanitate borrows from Octavius; as also does Tertullian's Apologeticus, according to Ebert, Teuffel, Keim, Kühn, and most scholars; the opposite view, however, is argued by Salmon.
See Holden's edition (Camb. 1853), Halm's edition in the Corpus Scriptor. Eccl. Lat. (Vienna, 1867), and Kühn, Der Octavius des Minucius Felix (1882).