Saint Ursus the Theban

Memorial
30 September
22 September as one of the Martyrs of the Theban Legion
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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
Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia
Google Directory
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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