Agrippinus of Carthage
bishop of Carthage
2nd Archbishop of Carthage
Offices
Agrippinus was one of the earliest known bishops of Carthage around the 230s. During his episcopacy, he dealt with the issue of how to treat Christian converts from schism or heresy. According to St. Vincent of Lérins, Agrippinius held that "Baptism ought to be repeated", which St. Vincent said that such a doctrine was "contrary to the divine canon, contrary to the rule of the universal church, contrary to the customs and institutions of our ancestors." He called a synod of bishops of Numidia and Africa, probably around 230–235, which decided that such converts should be fully baptized.
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Series episcoporum Ecclesiae catholicae 1 claim — Series episcoporum p. 463, 'Carthago, Sedes primatialis' - 2nd entry, 'c. 215-20 Agrippinus'