Firmilian was the
Roman governor
A Roman governor was an official either elected or appointed to be the chief administrator of Roman law throughout one or more of the many provinces constituting the Roman Empire.
The generic term in Roman legal language was '' Rector provinciae ...
of the
Iudaea Province
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, during the
third Late Roman Period of the Roman rule over
the region. He was the third of a succession of governors (
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,
Urbanus
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, and Firmilian) who enforced the
Diocletian Persecution
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at
Caesarea
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, the province's capital, which lasted for twelve years.
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See also
* Saint Arianus
Saint Arianus was a historically attested governor of Ansena in Egypt (or in some sources a prefect of the Thebaid) and a notable figure in the Diocletianic persecution. He is a recurring character in Coptic hagiography, wherein he often attemp ...
References
Roman governors of Judaea
Diocletianic Persecution