Saint Cassian of Imola
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- Memorial
- 13 August
- Profile
- Schoolmaster at Imola, Italy who taught writing.
During one of the imperial persecutions he was ordered to sacrifice to pagan gods; he refused.
He was turned over to his pagan students who stabbed him to death with their iron styles, the device used as a pencil on wax tablets.
- Died
- tortured and stabbed to death at Imola, Italy in the 4th century;
relics at Imola, Italy
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
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Imola, Italy
Mexico City, Mexico
- Additional Information
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New Catholic Dictionary
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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