Saint Candidus the Theban

Memorial

• 22 September

Profile

Soldier. Martyr. One of the Martyrs of the Theban Legion. No other information has survived.

Died

• martyred c.287 in Agaunum (modern St-Maurice-en-Valais, Switzerland

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Candidus the Theban”. Saints.SQPN.com. 30 August 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-candidus-the-theban/>