Cyprian and Justina | |
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 Cyprian and Justina, icon from Bulgaria | |
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| Born | 3rd century AD |
| Died | September 26, 304 Nicomedia, Bithynia, Asia Minor, Roman Empire (modern-day İzmit, Kocaeli, Turkey) |
| Venerated in | Oriental Orthodoxy Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church |
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Saints Cyprian and Justina (Greek: Κυπριανός & Ίουστίνη) are honored in the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church and Oriental Orthodoxy as Christians of Antioch, who in 304, during the Diocletianic Persecution, suffered martyrdom at Nicomedia (modern-day İzmit, Turkey) on September 26. According to Roman Catholic sources, no Bishop of Antioch bore the name of Cyprian.[1]
The historian of religion Gilles Quispel has argued that the story of Cyprian is a prototype of the Faust story.[2]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Meierwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Gilles Quispel, "Faust: Symbol of Western Man", in G. Quispel, Gnostic Studies (Two volumes, Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Institut, 1975), Vol. II p. 288-307. Originally published in 1967 as a monograph (Zurich: Rhein-Verlag).