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The Life and Passion of St. Cyprian
Pontius the Deacon · 3rd century
St. Cyprian of Carthage · image, public domain
Pontius served St. Cyprian as deacon and went with him into exile. Soon after the martyrdom he wrote down his bishop's life, from his conversion to the morning he was led out to be beheaded.
It is the oldest Christian biography we have.
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About this edition
From the Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 5 (1886), edited by Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson.
This translation is in the public domain. We took the text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library and left out the editors’ footnotes.
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