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Cyprian of Carthage
c. 200 – 258 · Bishop 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.
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— Pontius, Vita Cypriani
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