Feastday: May 15
Death: 264
A martyr with Victorinus, Maximus, and companions in Clermont in Auvergne, France. Chrocas, the chief of the invading Germanic barbians in the region, put Cassius and his companions to death.
Saint Cassius of Clermont is venerated as a Christian martyr of the 3rd century. He was a senator who was converted to Christianity by Saint Austremonius.
Cassius was killed with Victorinus (a pagan priest who had also been converted by Austremonius), Maximus, Anatolius, Linguinus, and others at Clermont-Ferrand by Chrocas, the chieftain of the Alemanni, who were invading Roman Gaul at the time. Chrocas is said to have killed a total of 6,266 Christians at Clermont at this time, according to tradition.
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