Firmilian
Firmilian ( Greek Firmilianos ) († 268 ) was Bishop of Caesarea (now Kayseri ) in Cappadocia (Asia Minor) and one of the leading bishops of his time.
From about 220 he was bishop in Caesarea, he was friends with Origen and his pupil. Eusebius reports that when Firmilian was bishop, he invited his teacher Origen to Caesarea. (Hist. Eccl., VI, XXVI-XXVIII). In the heretic controversy between the bishop of Rome , Stephan I, and the bishop of Carthage , Cyprian , he decidedly sided with Cyprian. His reply to Cyprian is preserved in a Latin translation in Cyprian's collection of letters (ep. 75) and is a valuable source for the heresy controversy and the understanding of primacy in Eastern Christianity. In 268 he died - on the way to a synod in Antioch, where Paul of Samosata was to be sentenced - in Tarsos , Asia Minor.
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Firmilian. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 38-39.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Firmilian |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Firmilianos (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bishop of Caesarea (now Kayseri) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century or 3rd century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 268 |