Cyprian

Bishop of Carthage and Christian writer (c.210-258)

b. c. 200 · d. 14 Sep 258

2nd Archbishop of Carthage · c. 249–c. 258

Cyprian was a bishop of Carthage and an early Christian writer of Berber descent, many of whose Latin works are extant. He is recognized as a saint in the Western and Eastern churches.

Related people

Agrippinus of Carthage succeeded
Caecilianus preceded

Works

De ecclesiae catholicae unitate
De mortalitate
Ad Demetrianum
De dominica oratione
Ad Donatum
Ad Fortunatum
De bono patientiae
De habitu virginum
De lapsis
De opere et eleemosynis
De zelo et livore
Epistolae 1 (Cyprianus Carthaginensis)
Ad Quirinum
To Demetrius
On the Unity of the Catholic Church
Three Books of Testimonies to Quirinus

Events

Cyprian is made bishop of Carthage 249
The Novatianist schism begins 251
Cyprian and Stephen quarrel over rebaptism 256
Valerianic persecution 257
The martyrdom of Cyprian 258

Commemorated

Cyprian of Carthage

Places

Carthage · Curubis · Carthage · Carthage

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