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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. A single letter of Firmilian to Cyprian survives among Cyprian’s correspondence.