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Profile
One of a group of nine martyrs who were murdered at the command of Emperor Maximian Herculeus. May have been part of the Theban Legion.
- beheaded c.303 at Bonn, Germany
- a church was built over their tombs in the 4th century
- relics translated to the present church in 1166
- relics re-discovered there in 1929
- member of the Theban Legion
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Katherine Rabenstein
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
MLA Citation
- “Saint Cassius”. Saints.SQPN.com. 29 August 2010. Web. 18 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-cassius/>