Germinius, born in

Cyzicus Cyzicus (; grc, Κύζικος ''Kúzikos''; ota, آیدینجق, ''Aydıncıḳ'') was an ancient Greek town in Mysia in Anatolia in the current Balıkesir Province of Turkey. It was located on the shoreward side of the present Kapıdağ Peni ...

, was bishop of

Sirmium Sirmium was a city in the Roman province of Pannonia, located on the Sava river, on the site of modern Sremska Mitrovica in the Vojvodina autonomous provice of Serbia. First mentioned in the 4th century BC and originally inhabited by Illyrian ...

, (today the town Sremska Mitrovica, in the territory of

Srem Syrmia ( sh, Srem/Срем or sh, Srijem/Сријем, label=none) is a region of the southern Pannonian Plain, which lies between the Danube and Sava rivers. It is divided between Serbia and Croatia. Most of the region is flat, with the ex ...

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungar ...

) and a supporter of Homoian theology, which is often labelled as a form of Arianism. Along with

Valens of Mursa Valens of Mursa was bishop of Mursa (Osijek in modern Croatia) and a supporter of Homoian theology, which is often labelled as a form of Arianism, although semi-Arianism is probably more accurate. Life Valens and his fellows were seen by contempo ...

and

Ursacius of Singidunum Ursacius ( 335–346) was the bishop of Singidunum (the ancient city which was to become Belgrade), during the middle of the 4th century. He played an important role during the evolving controversies surrounding the legacies of the Council of Nic ...

he was responsible for drafting the theological statement known as the Blasphemy of Sirmium in 357. He also appears in the ''Altercatio Heracliani laici cum Germinio episcopo Sirmiensi'', which purports to be the minutes of a public disputation between Germinius and a

Nicene The original Nicene Creed (; grc-gre, Σύμβολον τῆς Νικαίας; la, Symbolum Nicaenum) was first adopted at the First Council of Nicaea in 325. In 381, it was amended at the First Council of Constantinople. The amended form is a ...

layman called Heraclianus in January 366.This document mention one more heresiarch among the bishops of Sirmium (metropolitan bishops of Pannonia Secunda),

Photinus Photinus (Greek Φωτεινός; died 376), was a Christian bishop of Sirmium in Pannonia Secunda (today the town Sremska Mitrovica in Serbia), best known for denying the incarnation of Christ, thus being considered a heresiarch by the Catholic C ...

. For Photinus of Sirmium and his teachings about nature of Jesus, see: Aleksandar Ivanović, ''Fotin Sirmijumski i njegov nauk- novi pokušaj rekonstrukcije fotinističke Hristologije'' (Photinus of Sirmium and his Doctrine- New Attempt of Reconstruction of Photinian Christology, p. 1

/ref> He is believed to have died in 375 or 376.

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