Agrippinus

Agrippinus of Carthage was one of the earliest known bishops of Carthage, around the 230s. In his time the question arose of how to receive Christians coming from schism or heresy. According to Saint Vincent of Lérins, Agrippinus held that baptism ought to be repeated, a doctrine that Vincent called contrary to the divine canon and the rule of the universal Church. He called a synod of the bishops of Numidia and Africa, probably around 230-235, which decided that such converts should be baptized anew. Later, Saint Cyprian mentions the good reputation of Agrippinus ("a man of good memory"), and Saint Augustine, in his dispute with the Donatists, said that Agrippinus and Cyprian kept the unity of the Church although they were mistaken in doctrine. The sources consulted do not show that he is a venerated saint; he is remembered as a bishop who held to the rebaptism of heretics.