Saint Caesarius
![[image of Saint Caesarius]](saintc95.jpg "??kb jpg detail from a fifteenth century fresco of the Madonna della Delibera; please do not write to ask about the image")
- Also known as
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Cesario
Cesareo
- Memorial
- 1 November
- Profile
- Deacon of an African church.
During a visit to Italy, he witnessed a pagan celebration of Apollo; Caesarius objected to the human sacrifice it involved.
He was imprisoned for two years, and then martyred with Saint Julian.
- Born
- African
- Died
- tied into a sack and thrown into the sea to drown at Pisco Montano, Terracina, Italy, date unknown
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
- Terracina, Italy
- Additional Information
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Catholic Online
Kirken i Norge [norwegian]
Santi e Beati italiano
Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
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