The full title of his work, "Noni Marcelli Peripatetici Tubursicensis de Conpendiosa Doctrina ad filium", indicates that he was a Peripatetic philosopher from Thubursicum in Numidia.
Сохранилось его обширное, посвященное сыну сочинение, носящее название «Noni Marcelli Peripatetici Tubursicensis de Conpendiosa Doctrina ad filium».