Saint Cassian of Tangiers

Memorial: 3 December
Profile: Court stenographer at the trial of Saint Marcellus 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: martyred in 298
Canonized: Pre-Congregation
Patronage: stenographers
Additional Information: Catholic Online
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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