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![[Saint Caesarius of Africa]](http://saints.sqpn.com/saintc95.jpg "jpg detail from a fifteenth century fresco of the Madonna della Delibera showing an image of Saint Caesarius of Africa")
Also known as
- Cesario of Africa
- Cesareo of Africa
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Deacon of an African church. During a visit to Italy, he witnessed a pagan celebration of Apollo; Caesarius objected to the human sacrifice it involved. For his interference, he was imprisoned for two years, and then for his faith he was martyred with Saint Julian.
Born
- tied into a sack and thrown into the sea to drown at Pisco Montano, Terracina, Italy, date unknown
- body recovered and buried near Terracina
- in the 4th century, Emperor Valentinian was cured at the shrine of Caesarius at Terracina
- relics translated to a church on the Palatine Hill, Rome, Italy by order of the emperor Valentinian
- relics translated to the church of San Cesareo in Palatio, Appian Way, Rome
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Online
- Kirken i Norge
- Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
MLA Citation