Pontius of Carthage
3rd century Carthaginian Latin author and Christian saint
Feast: 25 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Pontius, or Pontius the Deacon, (died in the mid-third century) was a Christian saint and Latin author from Carthage. He served as a deacon under Cyprian of Carthage (c. 200 –258) and wrote the Vita Cypriani ("Life of Cyprian") shortly after Cyprian's death.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q713373 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Pontius of Carthage (CC BY-SA)
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