Sergius Paulus

Lucius[1] Sergius Paulus or Paullus was a Proconsul of Cyprus under Claudius (1st century AD).

He appears in Acts 13:6-12, where in Paphos, Paul, accompanied by Barnabas and John Mark, overcame the attempts of Bar-Jesus (Elymas) "to turn the proconsul away from the faith" and converted Sergius to Christianity.

[2] It records the appointment (AD 47) of the Curators of the banks and the channel of the river Tiber, one of whom was Sergius.

[3] Another inscription was discovered in 1887 at Soli, Cyprus, by Luigi Palma di Cesnola which mentions a proconsul Paulus.

[5] Terence Mitford noted that based on epigraphic grounds the inscription cannot be dated earlier than this and is probably considerably later.