Dasius

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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.

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