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A History of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus
A History of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus Author:John Hackett Subtitle: From the Coming of the Apostles Paul and Barnabas to the Commencement of the British Occupation (a.d. 45-A.d. 1878) : Together With Some Account of the Latin and Other Churches Existing in the Island General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1901 Original Publisher: Methuen Subjects: Cyprus History / Europe... more » / General History / Middle East / General Religion / Christianity / History Religion / Christianity / General Religion / Christian Church / History Social Science / Archaeology Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Alexandria, Costa was transferred from Cyprus and entrusted with the government, his brother being appointed his successor in Cyprus. He eventually died in Egypt, leaving a little daughter, who was conducted to her uncle in Cyprus. The administration of Egypt at this time was entrusted to Maxen- tius, the son of Diocletian. Catharine's uncle, discovering that his niece was a Christian and knowing the hostility of Diocletian and Maxentius to that sect, put her in prison, first at Salamis and afterwards at Paphos, whither he had sent her, intending to convey her back to Egypt. On returning to Alexandria she one day revisited her father's palace. Encountering Maxentius there by chance she reproached him for his cruelty to her co-religionists, whereupon he caused her to be put to death. It was because the martyrdom took place at Alexandria, so Lusignan explains, that she has been considered a native of that city. Kyprianos' version of the legend differs materially from the above. He says that her father, whom he calls Constans, was removed from his kingdom of Cyprus and banished to Alexandria because he was suspected by the Emperors of plotting with the Persi...« less