Name
Cassianus, teacher and martyr of Imola
Saint ID
S00309
Number in BH
BHL 1625-1626
Reported Death Not Before
361
Reported Death Not After
363
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Bishops , Officials and professionals
| ID | Title | E00367 | Gregory of Tours writes the Glory of the Martyrs (Liber in Gloria Martyrum), in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. Overview entry. | E00690 | The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, closes with the church and grave of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) on the 'via Vaticana', north-west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649. A description of the basilica, added in the later 8th c., lists many of the altars of saints within the church. | E00938 | Prudentius writes Crowns of the Martyrs IX, a poem on the martyrdom of *Cassianus (teacher and martyr of Imola, ob. 361/363, S00309); the poem mentions the author's visit to the martyr's tomb in northern Italy, an image depicting the martyrdom, and Prudentius' prayer to the saint. Written in Latin in Calahorra (northern Hispania), c. 400. Overview of Peristephanon IX. | E00942 | Prudentius, in his poem (Crowns of the Martyrs IX) on *Cassianus (teacher and martyr of Imola, ob. 361/363, S00309), tells of his visit to the tomb of Cassianus in northern Italy and of an image depicting the saint's martyrdom there. Written in Latin in Calahorra (northern Hispania), c. 400. | E00945 | Prudentius, in his poem (Crowns of the Martyrs IX) on *Cassianus (teacher and martyr of Imola, ob. 361/363, S00309), tells of his prayer at the tomb of the martyr in northern Italy. Written in Latin in Calahorra (northern Hispania), c. 400. | E01347 | The second edition of the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome between the 530s and 546, in its account of *Symmachus (bishop and confessor of Rome, S00793), lists his extensive work at the basilica of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) in Rome, honouring a number of different saints. | E02061 | The Latin Martyrdom of *Cassianus (teacher and martyr of Imola, S00309) paraphrases in prose the story of Cassianus narrated by Prudentius (Crowns of Martyrdom IX; E00938), intending to make it more widely known. Written presumably in Imola (northern Italy), between the 5th and the 8th c. | E04915 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 11 August. | E04917 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 13 August. | E05605 | Bede, in his Martyrology, records the feast on 13 August at Rome of *Cassianus (teacher and martyr of Imola, S00309). Written in Latin at Wearmouth-Jarrow (north-east Britain), 725/731. | E06046 | Mosaics in the nave of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna (northern Italy) depicting twenty-two female saints, preceded by the three Magi, processing towards the Virgin and Child, and twenty-six male saints, probably originally preceded by *Stephen (the First Martyr, S00030), processing towards Christ; created under Bishop Agnellus, 557/564. | E07667 | Gregory of Tours, in his Glory of the Martyrs, tells of the martyrdom of *Cassianus (teacher and martyr of Imola, S00309) in Imola (northern Italy), and of how no-one dares touch his things for fear of certain retribution. Written in Latin in Tours (north-west Gaul), 580/594. |
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