Saint Cassius
- Memorial
- 10 October
- 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.
- Died
- 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;
re-discovered there in 1929
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
- Bonn, Germany
- Representation
- member of the Theban Legion
- Additional Information
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For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
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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