Firmilian (Roman governor)
- Firmilian (Roman governor)
Firmilian was the Roman governor of the Iudaea Province, during the third Late Roman Period of the roman rule over the region. He was the third of a succession of governors (Flavian, Urban, and Firmilian) who enforced the Diocletian Persecution at Caesarea, the province's capital, which lasted for twelve years.[Alban Butler (1894). [http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/lots/lots080.htm Lives of the Saints: March 5] . Benziger Bros.] He is commonly referred as cruel and sadistic][ [http://traditionalcatholic.net/Tradition/Calendar/02-17.html Saints Theodulus and Julian, Martyrs] ] for torturing and killing many christians and being heartless even to his close allies][ [http://www.magnificat.ca/cal/engl/03-05.htm#adrien Saints Adrian and Eubulus] - Lives of the Saints: March 5] ] References
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