Firmilian of Caesarea

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Faith of the Early Fathers, Volume 1 (1970) — Contributor — 395 copies

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Canonical name: Firmilian of Caesarea
Other names: Firmilian
Saint Firmilian
Date of death: c. 269
Gender: male
Place of death: Tarsus, Mersin
Places of residence: Caesarea Mazaca
Short biography: Saint Firmilian (died c. 269), Bishop of Caesarea Mazaca from ca. 232, was a disciple of Origen. He had a contemporary reputation comparable to that of Dionysius of Alexandria or Cyprian, bishop of Carthage. He took an active part in the mid-3rd century controversies over rebaptising heretics and readmitting lapsed Christians after the persecutions of Decius and was excommunicated by Pope Stephen I for his position.