Community hub
Recent from talks
Contribute something
Nothing was collected or created yet.
Cassian of Tangier
View on WikipediaSaint Cassian of Tangier (or of Tangiers or of Tingis) 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[1][2] and his saint day is celebrated on 3 December.[3]
Key Information
Life
[edit]According to it, he was a court recorder at the trial of St. Marcellus the Centurion.[3] Aurelius Agricola, deputy prefect in the Roman province in North Africa, conducted the trial. When the death penalty was imposed on St. Marcellus, Cassian threw down his pen and declared that the sentence was unjust. He was arrested immediately and put to death a few days later on December 3.[4]
Veneration
[edit]Cassian is the patron saint of modern stenographers. Saint Cassian of Tangier is the martyr mentioned by St. 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."
References
[edit]- ^ Patron Saints Index: Saint Marcellus the Centurion
- ^ Lives of the Saints: October 30 – St. Marcellus the Centurion, Martyr
- ^ a b Watkins, Basil (November 2015). The Book of Saints A Comprehensive Biographical Dictionary. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 128. ISBN 9780567664150. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ Lamport, Mark A., ed. (June 2018). Encyclopedia of Christianity in the Global South Tomo 2. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 541. ISBN 9781442271579. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
Sources
[edit]- O'Malley, Vincent J. (14 September 2001). Saints of Africa. Our Sunday Visitor Publishing. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-61278-276-8.
