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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
• For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
• Wikipedia

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• “Four Crowned Martyrs”. Saints.SQPN.com. 8 November 2009. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/four-crowned-martyrs/>