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<p> (1) A soldier, in the time of [[Diocletian]] and Maximian, at Doribstolus, where it was the custom to offer a human sacrifice to [[Saturn]] on November 20. He, being selected for the purpose, preferred to die as a Christian, which meant dying by torture. </p> <p> (2) A martyr at Nicomedia, with Zoticus, Gains, and twelve soldiers. He is commemorated October 21. </p> | Dasius <ref name="term_36760" /> | ||
==References == | <p> '''(1)''' A soldier, in the time of [[Diocletian]] and Maximian, at Doribstolus, where it was the custom to offer a human sacrifice to [[Saturn]] on November 20. He, being selected for the purpose, preferred to die as a Christian, which meant dying by torture. </p> <p> '''(2)''' A martyr at Nicomedia, with Zoticus, Gains, and twelve soldiers. He is commemorated October 21. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_36760"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/dasius Dasius from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_36760"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/dasius Dasius from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:11, 15 October 2021
Dasius [1]
(1) A soldier, in the time of Diocletian and Maximian, at Doribstolus, where it was the custom to offer a human sacrifice to Saturn on November 20. He, being selected for the purpose, preferred to die as a Christian, which meant dying by torture.
(2) A martyr at Nicomedia, with Zoticus, Gains, and twelve soldiers. He is commemorated October 21.
