Cessianus
The main altar at St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque, Iowa. Contained within the altar is the box containing the remains of Saint Cessianus.
Saint Cessianus (ca. 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[]
Pope Gregory XVI presented Bishop Mathias Loras with the remains of St. Cessianus in 1838. Bishop 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 renovations carried out in the mid-1980s were completed, it was decided to place the remains of St. Cessianus under the new, freestanding .[3] On November 23, 1986, the wooden box containing the remains of St. Cessianus was installed during Mass in the altar where they currently reside.
References[]
- ^ 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
Categories:
- 295 births
- 303 deaths
- 3rd-century Romans
- 4th-century Christian martyrs
- 4th-century Romans
- Christian child saints
- Italian Roman Catholic saints
- Christians martyred during the reign of Diocletian