In the preface to the work, Pontius expresses regret there were detailed accounts of the martyrdoms of lay Christians, but none of a bishop like Cyprian who had so much worth narrating even without the martyrdom (1, 2).
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He served as a deacon under Cyprian of Carthage and wrote the Vita Cypriani ("Life of Cyprian") shortly after Cyprian's death.
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he accompanied Cyprian into exile at Curubis, modern Korba.
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Pontius, or Pontius the Deacon, (mid third century) was a Christian saint and Latin author from Carthage.
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