Ovinius Gallicanus was a politician of the Roman Empire

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....

, probably the first Christian Roman consul.

Life

Gallicanus was a senator and probably a Christian.

In 293/300 he was curator

Curator

A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...

 Teanum Sicidinum

Teano

Teano is a town and comune of Campania, Italy, in the province of Caserta, 30 km north-west of that town on the main line to Rome from Naples. It stands at the south-east foot of an extinct volcano, Rocca Monfina.- Ancient times and Middle Ages:...

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On August 4, 316 he is attested as praefectus urbi

Praefectus urbi

The praefectus urbanus or praefectus urbi, in English the urban prefect, was prefect of the city of Rome, and later also of Constantinople. The office originated under the Roman kings, continued during the Republic and Empire, and held high importance in late Antiquity...

of Rome, as successor to Gaius Vettius Cossinius Rufinus, and kept the office at least until May 15, 317, the year he was also consul, to be succeeded by Septimius Bassus

Septimius Bassus

Septimius Bassus was a Roman politician.Bassus was born in a senatorial family, the son of Lucius Septimius Severus and wife Pomponia Bassa . His paternal grandfather was Lucius Septimius ... , of the Gens Septimia, while his maternal grandparents were the Roman Senator Pomponius Bassus and the...

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He might be identified with the Gallicanus who gave some lands to the church of Saints Peter, Paul and John the Baptist in Ostia

Ostia Antica

Ostia Antica is a large archeological site, close to the modern suburb of Ostia , that was the location of the harbour city of ancient Rome, which is approximately 30 km to the northeast. "Ostia" in Latin means "mouth". At the mouth of the River Tiber, Ostia was Rome's seaport, but, due to...

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