ST. CYPRIAN OF CARTHAGE (SEPT. 15TH)
St. Cyprian of Carthage (Approx. AD 200 – Died September 14th, AD 258) Edited by Bp. Joseph Boyd ( Ancient Church of the West ) Today, the 15th of September, is the Feast Day of St. Cyprian on the Western Orthodox calendar! Blessed Feast day of an early bastion and contender for the One, True Faith! St. Cyprian was bishop of Carthage and a notable Early Christian writer of Berber descent, many of whose Latin works are extant. He is also recognized as a Father of the Church and an early authority on the theology of ecclesiology. He was born around the beginning of the 3rd century in North Africa, where he received the traditional Roman education of a lawyer. He became a bishop in 249 AD, soon after converting to Christianity. A controversial figure during his lifetime, his strong pastoral skills, firm conduct during the Novatianist heresy and outbreak of the Plague of Cyprian (named after him due to his description of it), and eventual martyrdom at Carthage establ...
