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St. Cyprian

Commemorated May 22

Feast day
May 22
Origin
Africa

About the saint

In Africa, the holy martyrs Castus and 2Emilius, who consummated their martyrdom by fire. St. Cyprian says that they were overcome in the first combat, but in the second God made them victorious, so that, though at first yielding to the fire, they became finally stronger than the fire.