Firmin the Confessor

Saint Firmin the Confessor, hierarch, is venerated as a bishop of Amiens in the fourth century. His historical existence is not proven: there are no contemporary sources, only late hagiographical writings from the end of the ninth century, which distinguish him from Firmin the Martyr, the first bishop of the city. The name Firmin appears in the litanies of the Church of Amiens only towards the end of the eighth century.

According to tradition, he was the son or grandson of the Roman senator Faustinian and was raised to the episcopate by an assembly of bishops in the year 359. He built the church of Saint-⁠Acheul over the tomb of Firmin the Elder. He reposed, according to tradition, around the year 407 and was buried in a suburb of Amiens then called Abladène. His relics are kept today in the cathedral of Amiens.

In the calendar of the Church of Amiens he is commemorated on 1 September, and Firmin the Martyr on 25 September. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the Catholic Church; there is no Orthodox synodal canonization.