Cyprian and Justina
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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]
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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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The historian of religion Gilles Quispel has argued that the story of Cyprian is a prototype of the Faust story.[2]