aristides

Here follows the defense which Aristides the philosopher made before Hadrian the King on behalf of reverence for God.

...All-powerful Cæsar Titus Hadrianus Antoninus, venerable and merciful, from Marcianus Aristides, an Athenian philosopher.

[a.d. 126.] Quadratus is spoken of by Eusebius as a man of understanding and of Apostolic faith. And he celebrates Aristides as a man of similar character. These were the earliest apologists; both addressed their writings to Hadrian, and they were extant and valued in the churches in the time of Eusebius.