Cessianus
Cessianus (c. 295 – 303) is a Roman Catholic saint and martyr. At the age of eight, he was martyred during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian in 303.
History[edit]
Pope Gregory XVI presented Bishop Mathias Loras with the remains of Cessianus in 1838. Loras brought the remains with him to the United States.[1] The remains were placed within a side altar in the new St. Raphael's Cathedral, in Dubuque, Iowa.[2]
After the completion of renovations in the mid-1980s, it was decided to place the remains of Cessianus under the new, freestanding main altar.[3] On November 23, 1986, the wooden box containing the remains of Cessianus was installed during Mass in the altar where they currently reside.
References[edit]
- ^ Thomas Craughwell. "St. Cecilia and the History of the Roman Catacombs". National Catholic Register. Retrieved 2019-09-02.
- ^ Joseph Frazier (25 January 2010). The WPA Guide to 1930s Iowa. Federal Writers' Project. ISBN 9781587296635. Retrieved 2015-05-25.
- ^ Craughwell, Thomas J., "Cessianus", Saints Preserved, Crown Publishing Group, 2011 ISBN 9780307590749
