Four Crowned Martyrs

Memorial

• 8 November

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Saint Castorus, Saint Claudius, Saint Nicostratus, and Saint Simpronian. Skilled stone carvers in the 3rd century quarries. Martyred when they refused to carve an idol of Aesculapius for Diocletian.

Died

• drowned in the River Sava in 305

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against fever
• cattle
• masons
• sculptors
• stone masons
• stonecutters

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Catholic Online
• Catholic Online
• Golden Legend
• Katherine Rabenstein
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Four Crowned Martyrs“. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 May 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>