Saint Ursus the Theban
- Memorial
- 30 September;
22 September as one of the Martyrs of the Theban Legion
- Profile
- Member of the Theban Legion.
Tortured and martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Maximian Herculeus for refusing to sacrifice to idols.
- Died
- beheaded c.286;
relics translated to Geneva in 473 by Queen Theudesinde;
relics in several churches in Switzerland
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
- Solothurn, Switzerland
- Additional Information
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- Print References
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints
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