for forty years. He also, speaking of himself in the third person, lets it be known that he was one of the clergy of Augustine's monastery.

The date of his promotion to the episcopate was, according to Tillemont, about 397. He followed Augustine's example and established a monastery at Calama, an area much disturbed by factions. At a council held at Carthage, Possidius challenged Crispinus, the Donatist Bishop of Calama, to a public