Cyprian of Carthage · Sophia Scriptura

Cyprian was a wealthy teacher of rhetoric at Carthage who became a Christian in middle life and, within a few years, bishop of the city. He led the African church through the Decian persecution and the disputes that followed over the readmission of those who had lapsed, and over the baptism of heretics. His letters and treatises, especially On the Unity of the Catholic Church, shaped Latin thinking about the church and its bishops. He was beheaded in 258.

Dates: ca. 200 – 258 (approximate)
See or city: Carthage
Region: Africa Proconsularis (North Africa)
Also known as: Cyprian; Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus; Caecilius Cyprianus; Saint Cyprian
Notes: The Life by his deacon Pontius and the Proconsular Acts record his execution at Carthage on 14 September 258, under Valerian. He was converted as an adult (ca. 246) and became bishop of Carthage about 248/249.

Works

To DonatusAd Donatum · ca. 246 · CPL 38 (not yet checked)
On the Unity of the Catholic ChurchDe catholicae ecclesiae unitate · 251 · CPL 41 (not yet checked)
On the LapsedDe lapsis · 251 · CPL 42 (not yet checked)
On the Lord's PrayerDe dominica oratione · ca. 252 · CPL 43 (not yet checked)
On the Dress of VirginsDe habitu virginum · ca. 249
That Idols Are Not GodsQuod idola dii non sint · ca. 246–250, if by Cyprian
To Quirinus: Three Books of TestimoniesAd Quirinum (Testimoniorum libri tres) · ca. 248–250 (book 3 perhaps later)
On MortalityDe mortalitate · 252–253
To DemetrianAd Demetrianum · 252–253
On Works and AlmsgivingDe opere et eleemosynis · ca. 253
On the Good of PatienceDe bono patientiae · 256
On Jealousy and EnvyDe zelo et livore · ca. 256
To Fortunatus: Exhortation to MartyrdomAd Fortunatum (De exhortatione martyrii) · 253 or 257
The Opinions of the Eighty-Seven Bishops (Council of Carthage, 256)Sententiae episcoporum numero LXXXVII de haereticis baptizandis · 1 September 256
LettersEpistulae · 249/250–258