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Cyprian

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

7 dated entries naming Cyprian, drawn from 6 separate years between 200 CE and 258 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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2nd century

  • 200Cyprian, Roman bishop and writer (d. 258)source

3rd century

  • 249Cyprian, Christian writer of Berber descent, becomes bishop of Carthage.source
  • 250An epidemic begins in Ethiopia, moves into Egypt and the Roman colonies in North Africa, and spreads through the Roman Empire (named the Plague of Cyprian, after St. Cyprian, bishop of Carthage).source
  • 251May – The first Synod of Carthage, a pre-ecumenical council, is held under the presidency of Saint Cyprian.source
  • 256Pope Stephen I threatens to excommunicate Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, and other bishops in Africa and Asia Minor, unless they stop rebaptizing heretics. Cyprian attacks the Pope in a treatise that gains support from the Council of Carthage. He sends envoys to Rome, raising the specter of a schism between the Roman and Carthaginian Churches.source
  • 258Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, is martyred (decapitation).source
  • 258September 14 – Cyprian, bishop of Carthagesource

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