215) is a third century priest and theologian who most likely taught in Rome, but may have been an African from Libya.
Basil and others call him a Libyan from Pentapolis, but this seems to rest on the fact that Pentapolis was a place where the teachings of Sabellius thrived, according to Dionysius of Alexandria, c. 260.
What is known of Sabellius is drawn mostly from the polemical writings of his opponents.