Saint Cyprian (d.258)

Saint Cyprian was born in Tunisia around the year 200. He was a lawyer and professor of public speaking for most of his life, but at age 46 he became convinced that Christ told no lies, and joined the Christians. Only two years later, he was made bishop of Carthage in North Africa, and he made a rule not to make decisions without consulting his priests and the people in his diocese. However, Saint Cyprian became a bishop just as the Roman Empire swerved again toward bloody doings against Christians. In 258, Cyprian was beheaded in a field; interestingly, the direct accounts of that day, as filed in the report of the Roman proconsuls of the day, remark Cyprian's courtesy toward his executioner, and the executioner's courtesy to him (Taken from "Saints Passionate and Peculiar.")