Dacian (prefect)

Dacian was a prefect of Gaul under Diocletian and Maximian,[1] and evidently acted in Hispania Tarraconensis or Hispania Carthaginensis at about the same time.[2] He caused the martyrdom of, amongst others, Saint Faith,[1] Caprasius of Agen[1] and Vincent of Saragossa.[2]

In The Golden Legend, by 13th-century Archbishop of Genoa, Jacobus de Voragine, the death of Saint George is at the hands of Dacian or Dacianus, and about the year 287.[3]

See also

References
  1. Alban Butler, "The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints, Volume 10", p.139-140
  2. "The Roman Breviary: Reformed by Order of the Holy Oecumenical Council of Trent: Published by Order of Pope St. Pius V.; and Revised by Clement VIII. and Urban VIII.; Together with the Offices Since Granted, Volume 1", p.978
  3. catholicsaints.info: "Golden Legend – Life of Saint George" (translated by William Caxton)


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