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Cyprian

Bishop
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. He was born around the beginning of the 3rd century in North... Wikipedia
Born: Carthage
Died: September 14, 258 AD, Carthage
Appointed: 248 or 249 AD
Patronage: North Africa, Berbers
Predecessor: Donatus I
Venerated in: Catholic Church; Oriental Orthodox Churches; Eastern Orthodox Church; Lutheranism; Anglicanism

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