Pertinax of Byzantium

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Pertinax of Byzantium (Greek: Περτίναξ; died 187) was Bishop of Byzantium from 169 until his death in 187.^[1] Information on his life is mainly drawn from the works of Dorotheus of Tyre, according to whom he was originally a senior officer of the Roman Empire based in Thrace. He contracted a strong bout of some disease, and in the midst of his illness he had heard the rumors of miracles occurring amongst the adherents of a new growing religion - Christianity. He sought advice from Bishop Alypius of Byzantium; when his disease was cured, he believed it was the result of Alypius' prayers and the grace of God, and converted to Christianity.^[2] Shortly afterwards, he was ordained a priest by Alypius and succeeded him as bishop after his death, a position he would serve to his own repose.