The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (582 page)

(d. 687).
Bishop of
Lindisfarne
from 685. After the synod of Whitby, he was instrumental in winning acceptance of Roman usages at Lindisfarne. The cult of Cuthbert was especially popular from this time in N. England. Feast day, 20 Mar.

 
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(Skt., ‘death consciousness’). In the scholastic Buddhism of the Therav
da tradition, one of the fourteen functions of the life-continuum (
bhava
ga
(see
LAYA-VIJÑ
NA
)). According to the medieval commentators it is the final moment of consciousness in an individual's life and is followed immediately by the first moment of consciousness at conception (
patisandhi-citta
) in the new appearance.

 
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Cyavana
.

In Hindu mythology, son of
Bh
gu
.

 
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(d. 258).
Bishop
of Carthage and
martyr
. He was elected bishop only two years after his conversion to Christianity
c.
246. During the persecution of Decius (249–51) he ruled his church from exile. After his return he pursued the policy of reconciling the ‘lapsed’ (i.e. those who had
apostatized
during the persecution), not easily, but after appropriate penance and delay. The subsequent schism of
Novatian
gave rise to the question whether
schismatics
returning to the Church needed rebaptism. Cyprian's writings in Latin include a number of short theological works, among them
On the Unity of the Catholic Church
(251), and letters. Feast days variously 16 and 26 Sept., 2 Oct.

 
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