Sergius Paulus: A "prudent man" (R.V., "man of understanding"), the deputy (R.V.,
"proconsul") of Cyprus
(Acts 13:6-13) He became a convert to Christianity
under Paul, who visited this island on his first mission to the
heathen. A remarkable memorial of this proconsul was recently (1887)
discovered at Rome. On a boundary stone of Claudius his name is found,
among others, as having been appointed (A.D. 47) one of the curators of
the banks and the channel of the river Tiber. After serving his three
years as proconsul at Cyprus, he returned to Rome, where he held the
office referred to. As he is not saluted in Paul's letter to the
Romans, he probably died before it was written.
