Saint Ursus the Theban

Also known as

• Ursus of Solothurn

Memorial

• 30 September
• 22 September as one of the Martyrs of the Theban Legion

Profile

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

Died

• beheaded c.287 in Agaunum (modern St-Maurice-en-Valais, Switzerland
• relics translated to Geneva, Switzerland in 473 by Queen Theudesinde
• relics in several churches in Switzerland

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Solothurn, Switzerland

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Ursus the Theban”. Saints.SQPN.com. 30 August 2010. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-ursus-the-theban/>