Saint
Cassian
A saint commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Feast
- December 4old style December 17
- Era
- unknown
Life
Saint Cassian the Venerable is commemorated on 4 December (new style, the Greek calendar). The Greek synaxarion calls him a Cypriot venerable of the 300 Alamanoi, ascetic Christians of Cyprus. The source notes that he may be one of the two Cassians commemorated on 6 October.
No further details of his life are preserved.
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