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Places

Cassian, Wisconsin Cassian is a town in Oneida County, Wisconsin, Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 962 at the 2000 census. The unincorporated communities of Goodnow, Wisconsin, Goodnow and Harshaw, Wisconsin, Harshaw are located in the tow ...

People

Historical

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Cassian of Imola Cassian, or Saint Cassian of Imola, or Cassius was a Christian saint of the 4th century. His feast day is August 13. Life Little is known about his life, although the traditional accounts converge on some of the details of his martyrdom. He was ...

(4th-century–363), Christian martyr *St.

Cassian of Autun Saint Cassian of Autun (french: Cassien) (died ca. 350 AD) was a 4th-century bishop of Autun. He may have been an Egyptian by birth.Benedictine Monks, ''Book of the Saints'' (Kessinger Publishing, 2003), p. 59. He traveled to Autun and was a foll ...

(died 350), Christian bishop of Autun *St.

John Cassian John Cassian, also known as John the Ascetic and John Cassian the Roman ( la, Ioannes Eremita Cassianus, ''Ioannus Cassianus'', or ''Ioannes Massiliensis''; – ), was a Christian monk and theologian celebrated in both the Western and Eastern c ...

the ascetic (360–435), French Christian saint and author *St.

Marcellus the Centurion Saint Marcellus of Tangier or Saint Marcellus the Centurion ( es, San Marcelo) (c. mid 3rd century – 298 AD) was a Roman centurion who is today venerated as a martyr-saint by the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. His feast day i ...

, martyr of Tingis, sometimes called "Cassian" *

Cassian Sakowicz Cassian Sakowicz, also known as Kasjan Sakowicz, (1578, Podteliszu near Lubaczów – 1647, Krakow) was a Polish-Ruthenian (Ukrainian) Orthodox activist and, later, a Catholic theologian, writer, and polemicist. Biography Cassian Sakowicz ...

(1578–1647), Orthodox activist and, later, a Catholic theologian, writer, and polemicist *

Cassian of Tangier Saint Cassian of Tangier (or of Tangiers or of Tingis) was a Christian saint of the 3rd century. He is traditionally said to have been beheaded on 3 December, AD 298, during the reign of Diocletian. The ''Passion'' of Saint Cassian is appended to ...

(3rd-century–298), Christian saint

Modern

Cassian Elwes Cassian Cary Elwes (born 7 August 1959) is a British independent film producer and talent agent. Early life and education Cassian Elwes was born on 7 August 1959 in London, England. He is the son of Dominic Elwes, a portrait painter, and Tessa ...

(born 1959), British film producer *

Ed Cassian Edwin T. Cassian (1867-1918) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He was born on November 8, 1867, in Wilbraham, Massachusetts. He played just one season in the Major League Baseball, with the Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Senators in 1891 ...

(1867–1918), former Major League Baseball player *

George Cassian George Cassian was a yacht designer and founding partner of Cuthbertson & Cassian yacht designers, one of four companies that in 1969 formed C&C Yachts, a Canadian yacht builder that dominated North American sailing in the 1970s and early 1980s ...

, (1932-1979) Canadian yacht designer *

Nina Cassian Nina Cassian (pen name of Renée Annie Cassian-Mătăsaru; 27 November 1924, in Galați – 14 April 2014, in New York City) was a Romanian poet, children's book writer, translator, journalist, accomplished pianist and composer, and film critic. ...

(1924–2014), Romanian writer *

Brigant Cassian The Reverend Brother Brigant Cassian OBE, FSC (born 1889, Brittany, France – 31 October 1957, Hong Kong) was the priest and education worker in Hong Kong. He was born in Finistère, Brittany, France in 1889. He was educated in Likes College o ...

(1889–1957), priest and education worker in Hong Kong

In fiction

Cassian Andor Cassian Andor is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise, primarily portrayed by actor Diego Luna. Introduced in the feature film ''Rogue One'' (2016) as a supporting character, he is the protagonist of the ongoing prequel televisio ...

, a character in the Star Wars franchise film ''Rogue One'' * Cassian, a character in Sarah J. Maas's series “A Court of Thorns and Roses”

Other uses

Cassian (stage) Cassian may refer to: Places *Cassian, Wisconsin People Historical *St. Cassian of Imola (4th-century–363), Christian martyr *St. Cassian of Autun (died 350), Christian bishop of Autun *St. John Cassian the ascetic (360–435), French Chris ...

, a geochronologic name in Italian stratigraphy *

Sabinian school The Sabinian school was one of the two important schools of Law in Rome during the 1st and 2nd centuries CE. The Sabinians took their name from Masurius Sabinus but later were known as ''Cassians'' after Sabinus' student, Cassius Longinus. Sabini ...

, known as the Cassians *A 1942 GRT tanker owned by Panama and named SS ''Cassian Sailor'' from 1956 to 1960 {{disambiguation, given name, surname