De Vita et Passione S. CyprianiHe drew up a narrative of the life and sufferings of the martyred bishop, which is styled
an excellent production (egregium volume) by Jerome. If the piece
extant under the name of Pontius, entitled
De Vita et Passione S.
Cypriani, be genuine, it certainly does not merit such high commendation, since it
is composed in an ambitious declamatory style, full of affectation and rhetorical ornaments.
Perhaps the original work may have formed the basis of what we now possess, which has
probably been built up into its present form by the labour of various hands.
Editions
It will be found attached to all the most important editions of Cyprian, and is
contained also in the Acta Primorum Martyrum of Ruinart, 4to. Paris,
1690, and fol. Amst. 1713.The Acta Pontii are preserved in the Miscellanea of
Baluze, 8vo. Par. 1678, vol. ii. p. 124, and in the Acta
Sanctorum under 8th March, the day marked as his festival in the Roman
Martyrologies.