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Geminus, the bishop of Furnos (North Africa), may have been presbyter before. "Sententiae Episcoporum", the Council of Carthage, 256 AD.
59. Geminus a Furnis dixit [...]
 
(ed. Diercks 2004: 83)
59. Geminus from Furnos said [...]
 
(trans. S. Adamiak)

Discussion:

Bishop Geminus (or Geminius, as Augustine transcribes his name in the relevant passage of "On the Baptism") may very well have been the presbyter Geminius Faustinus mentioned in Letter 1 of Cyprian [1015].

Place of event:

Region
  • Latin North Africa
City
  • Carthage
  • Furnos

About the source:

Title: Sententiae Episcoporum, Concilium Carthaginiense a. 256
Origin: Carthage (Latin North Africa)
Denomination: Catholic/Nicene/Chalcedonian
The “Sententions of the Bishops” have been preserved among the works of Cyprian. They are the transcription of the opinions expressed by the African bishops gathered by Cyprian on 1 September 256 to express their opinion on the validity of the baptism administered by the heretics; two previous councils on the same issue took place in 255 and Spring 256.
Edition:
G.F. Diercks ed., Sententiae Episcoporum numero LXXXVII de haereticis baptizandis, Corpus Christianorum. Series Latina 3E, Turnhout 2004.
Bibliography:
P. Bernardini, Un solo battesimo una sola chiesa. Il concilio di Cartagine del settembre 256, Bologna 2009.

Categories:

Further ecclesiastical career - Bishop
Please quote this record referring to its author, database name, number, and, if possible, stable URL: S. Adamiak, Presbyters in the Late Antique West, ER1125, http://presbytersproject.ihuw.pl/index.php?id=6&SourceID=1125
Record by: Stanisław Adamiak
last edited: 2017-05-25 13:06:51
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