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.
The historian of religion Gilles Quispel has argued that the story of Cyprian is a prototype of the Faust story.