This is an article from the public domain Easton's Bible Dictionary, originally published in 1897.\nThis article is written from a nineteenth century Christian viewpoint, and may not reflect modern opinions or recent discoveries in Biblical scholarship.\nPlease help the Wikipedia by bringing this article up to date. Sergius Paulus - a "prudent man" (R.V., "man of understanding"), the deputy\n(R.V., "proconsul") of Cyprus (Acts 13:6-13). He became a\nconvert to Christianity under Paul, who visited this island on\nhis first mission to the heathen. A remarkable memorial of this proconsul was recently (1887)\ndiscovered at Rome. On a boundary stone of Claudius his name is\nfound, among others, as having been appointed (A.D. 47) one of\nthe curators of the banks and the channel of the river Tiber.\nAfter serving his three years as proconsul at Cyprus, he\nreturned to Rome, where he held the office referred to. As he is\nnot saluted in Paul's letter to the Romans, he probably died\nbefore it was written. From Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
