Saint Cyprian
- Memorial
- 26 September
- Profile
- Pagan magician.
Tried to use his 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
- martyred in Nicomedia in 304;
relics in Vatican Basilica and Saint John Lateran, Rome, Italy
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
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New Catholic Dictionary
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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