PAPA SAN CAIO martire (? - 22 April 296), was born in Salona, ​​elected in 283. According to the hagiographic literature Christian, during his pontificate the Tetrarch Maximian sent over the edge of the sword six thousand soldiers converted to Christianity, which had refused to execute Christian populations of Valais; the episode is remembered as the massacre of the Theban Legion, composed entirely of Christian Egyptian soldiers under the command of St. Maurice. Postcard chromolithographic n. 235 from the \

Città del Vaticano

title: SAINT POPE CAIO

subject date: 2003-05-21

caption: PAPA SAN CAIO martire (? - 22 April 296), was born in Salona, ​​elected in 283. According to the hagiographic literature Christian, during his pontificate the Tetrarch Maximian sent over the edge of the sword six thousand soldiers converted to Christianity, which had refused to execute Christian populations of Valais; the episode is remembered as the massacre of the Theban Legion, composed entirely of Christian Egyptian soldiers under the command of St. Maurice. Postcard chromolithographic n. 235 from the 'Collection of Roman Popes' dedicated to Pope Pius X and blessed by Him. Rome, October 1903.

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