# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cyprian
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:56:51.209Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/cyprian"
name: "Cyprian"
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description: "A 3rd-century bishop of Carthage whose Latin prose set the standard for Western Christian writing for over a century — until Jerome and Augustine arrived."
tagline: "Bishop of Carthage and Christian writer (c.210-258)"
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deathDate: "0258-09-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born around 210 in North Africa, likely Carthage, Cyprian received a classical education before converting to Christianity and rising to bishop in 249. His tenure collided with crisis: the Novatianist controversy over how to treat Christians who had lapsed under persecution, and the plague he described so vividly it still bears his name. His pastoral strength and firm hand through both upheavals built his standing, but it was his martyrdom at Carthage on 14 September 258 that sealed his sanctity. His skilful Latin rhetoric made him the pre-eminent Christian writer in the West until the arrival of Jerome and Augustine.