Four Crowned Martyrs

Memorial: 4 November
Profile: Saint Castorus, Saint Claudius, Saint Nicostratus, and Saint Simpronian. Skilled stone carvers in the quarries of 3rd century Yugoslavia. Martyred when they refused to carve an idol of Aesculapius for Diocletian.
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Patronage: against fever, cattle, fever, masons, sculptors, stone masons, stonecutters
Additional Information: Catholic Online
Catholic Online
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
New Catholic Dictionary
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