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Cyprian of Carthage

c. 200 – 258 · Bishop of Carthage

Also known as Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus · Cyprian

Feast: 16 September (Catholic) · 31 August (Orthodox)

Cyprian of Carthage
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Bishop of Carthage from 248/9; led the African church through the Decian and Valerianic persecutions. Wrote De Unitate Ecclesiae and 81 letters. Martyred 14 September 258.

Notable works

  • ·On the Unity of the Catholic Church · 251
  • ·Letters · 253
  • ·On the Lord's Prayer · 251
  • ·On the Lapsed · 251

Primary sources

  • ·Pontius, Vita Cypriani
  • ·Cyprian, Epistulae
  • ·Jerome, De Viris Illustribus 67
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On the Unity of the Catholic Church

Cyprian of Carthage

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