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Cyprian of Carthage
c. 200 – 258 · Bishop of Carthage
Feast: 16 September (Catholic) · 31 August (Orthodox)
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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.
Primary source for this figure.
— Pontius, Vita Cypriani
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