Cyprian of Toulon

Saint Cyprian of Toulon (Cyprianus Tolonensis; 476 – October 3, 546) was bishop of Toulon during the 6th century.

Life Born at Marseille, he was the favorite pupil of St. Caesarius of Arles by whom he was trained. Caesarius ordained him in 506 to the diaconate, and, in 516, consecrated him as bishop of Toulon.

St. Cyprian appears to have been present in 524 at the synod of Arles and in the following years to have attended a number of councils, including the Council of Marseilles. At all these assemblies he showed himself a vigorous opponent of Semipelagianism.

The biography was edited by d'Achery and Mabillon in the Acta Sanctorum Ord. S. Benedicti, Venice 1733, vol. i. p. 636ff, also in the Bollandists' Acta Sanctorum under date of Aug. 27). A modern English translation is W.E. Klingshirn, Caesarius of Arles: Life, Testament, Letters. Translated Texts for Historians, 19 (Liverpool, 1994).

The feast of St. Cyprian falls on October 3.