biography
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Cyprian, St
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originally Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus
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pronunciation:
[siprian]
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| lived:
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| biography:
| One of the great Fathers of the Church, probably born in Carthage. He became a Christian c.245, and was made Bishop of Carthage in 248, when his zealous efforts to restore strict discipline brought him a host of enemies. He was forced to flee from Roman persecution, and eventually suffered martyrdom under Valerian (reigned 253–60). At a synod in Carthage in 256 he argued for a notion of Church unity as expressed through the consensus of bishops. His writings remained influential. Feast day 16 September. |
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