Sergius

Gender: Male

Years: 45 - 45

Dictionary Text: A “prudent man”, the deputy of Cyprus. He became a convert to Christianity under Paul, who visited this island on his first mission to the heathen. A remarkable memorial of this proconsul was recently discovered at Rome. On a boundary stone of Claudius his name is found, among others, as having been appointed one of the curators of the banks and the channel of the river Tiber. After serving his three years as proconsul at Cyprus, he returned to Rome, where he held the office referred to. As he is not saluted in Paul’s letter to the Romans, he probably died before it was written.

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Verses

• Acts 13:7: Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God.