Saint Cassian of Tangiers

Memorial

• 3 December

Profile

Court stenographer at the trial of Saint Marcellus the Centurion at Tangiers. When Marcellus was condemned to death, Cassian announced his own faith, and denounced the penalty. He was immediately arrested and killed. Martyr. Mentioned in a hymn by Saint Prudentius.

Died

• 298 in Tangiers (in modern Morocco)

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• stenographers

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Heiligen 3s
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Cassian of Tangiers“. Saints.SQPN.com. 24 December 2012. Web. 20 May 2013. <>