![[Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus]](ncd03458.jpg "??kb jpg photograph of a statue of Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus; please do not write to ask about the image")
(c.218-268)
Roman emperor, died Milan.
On succeeding his father, Valerian, Gallienus put an end to the persecution of the Christians, begun in 257.
He was assassinated at Milan, while besieging Aureolus, whom the troops in Italy had proclaimed imperator.
New Catholic Dictionary
