Cassian of Tangier
Saint Cassian of Tangier | |
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 Icon of Cassian of Tangier located in the Russian Orthodox Church of the Resurrection, Rabat | |
| Martyr | |
| Born | c. mid 3rd century AD |
| Died | 298 AD Tingis, Mauretania Tingitana (modern-day Tangiers, Tangier-Tétouan, Morocco) |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Canonized | Pre-Congregation |
| Feast | December 3 |
Saint Cassian of Tangier was a Christian saint of the 3rd century. He is traditionally said to have been beheaded on 3 December, AD 298, during the reign of Diocletian. The Passion of Saint Cassian is appended to that of Saint Marcellus of Tangier. It is not considered reliable by some modern scholars.[1] Saint Cassian of Tangier is mentioned by Prudentius (born 348) in his hymn Liber Peristephanon (De Coronis Martyrum) (Carmen IV, 45-48 [1]): "Ingeret Tingis sua Cassianum, festa Massylum monumenta regum, qui cinis gentes domitas coegit. ad iuga Christi."
Notes
- ^ Geoffrey Ernest Maurice De Ste. Croix, Christian Persecution, Martyrdom, and Orthodoxy, Oxford University Press, 2006, p. 172:"we must admit that we know nothing of the date or the circumstances of his execution"
Sources
- Vincent J. O'Malley, Saints of Africa, ed. Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, 2001, p. 164 [2]
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