Saint Cyprian of Antioch

Memorial

• 26 September

Profile

Pagan magician. He tried to use his dark arts to seduce Saint Justina, who had consecrated her virginity to God. He not only failed to overcome her faith, he was converted to Christianity. Priest. Bishop of Antioch, Pisidia. Martyred in the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

• beheaded in Nicomedia in 304
• relics in Vatican Basilica and Saint John Lateran, Rome, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Pictorial Lives of the Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Cyprian of Antioch”. Saints.SQPN.com. 2 October 2010. Web. 20 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-cyprian-of-antioch/>