Holy Martyrs
Cassius and Companions
Martyrs of Clermont in Gaul, slain around 264.
Life
The Holy Martyrs Cassius and Companions suffered at Clermont-Ferrand in Gaul around 264. Cassius was a senator who had been converted to Christianity by Saint Austremonius. He was killed with Victorinus, a pagan priest also converted by Austremonius, with Maximus, Anatolius, Linguinus and others, by Chrocas, the chieftain of the Alemanni then invading Roman Gaul. Tradition says Chrocas killed 6,266 Christians in all at Clermont. Gregory of Tours mentions a church of Saint Cassius the Martyr at Clermont. They are commemorated on 15 May.
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