Person
Cyprian of Carthage
c. 210-258
bishop of Carthage, martyr
Attested. Attested; his execution record (Acta proconsularia) survives.
Cyprian, a former rhetor, led Carthage through the Decian persecution and the quarrel over Christians who had lapsed. He insisted that the bishop, with his council, judges reconciliation. He clashed with Stephen of Rome over whether baptism by schismatics must be repeated. He was beheaded under Valerian.
Bishop of Carthage through the Decian persecution and the plague. His letters on the lapsed and on rebaptism shaped church order; he was beheaded under Valerian in 258.
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- Carthage · bishop; beheaded · c. 248-258 · attested
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