Revision History for Cyrinus

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Given name(s): Cyrinus, Cyprian, Cyprianus, Cyprinus, Kyprianos, Kyprinos, Kyrinos
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Gender: Male
Birth date: ?
Birth place: Vaste, Italy
Death date: c. 251
Death place: Lentini, Italy
Description: With his brothers Alphius and Philadelphus. Some versions of their story also include a woman named Benedicta, who was either their mother or sister. According to the Russian Orthodox Church, a group of 16 Christians was martyred along with them. The names of only two of them are known (Erasmus and Onesimus); the rest are lost to history.

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Type: saint
Feast day: 10 May (Catholic, Eastern Orthodox)

Also known as

Cyprian
Cyprianus
Cyprinus
Kyprianos
Kyprinos
Kyrinos