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Origen says that, according to tradition, Caius became Bishop of Thessalonica.

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Sts. Crispus and Caius

Sts. Crispus and Caius

Origen says that, according to tradition, Caius became Bishop of Thessalonica.

Traditional feast

October 4
1914 / pre-1969 calendar, per Baring-Gould (1897)

Current feast

Not verified yet

Represents

Feast

Early life

The book says little or nothing about early life. This is how the account begins.

Thin entry · the 1897 book gives only 34 words. We have not filled the gap with invented detail.

Origen says that, according to tradition, Caius became Bishop of Thessalonica. The Apostolic Constitutions (vii. 46) mention Crispus, Bishop of iEgina, but whether this was the Crispus baptized by S. Paul is not stated.

What they represent

How they teach us to live

Drawn from themes in the original account

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Keep their day. Remember them on October 4 with a short prayer, and ask for their help.

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The full original · 34 words

Read Baring-Gould’s full account

Baring-Gould’s sources: Ado, Notker, and other Latin Martyrologies. Authority: — Mention by S. Paul in his Epistles, and in the Acts.] RISPUS, ruler of the Jewish Synagogue at Corinth, 1 was baptized along with his family by S. Paul. 2 A Caius is mentioned by S. Paul in his Epistle to the Romans, and again in the first Epistle to the Corinthians, “ Gaius, mine host, and of the whole Church, saluteth you,” 3 from which we may conclude that S. Paul lodged at Corinth with Caius, and that the Christians there assembled in his house for worship. Caius was baptized by S. Paul. 4 “ I thank God,” says he to the Corinthians, “ that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius.”

Origen says that, according to tradition, Caius became Bishop of Thessalonica. The Apostolic Constitutions (vii. 46) mention Crispus, Bishop of iEgina, but whether this was the Crispus baptized by S. Paul is not stated.

Feast days

Feast: October 4

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Sources & notes

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Credits

From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain.

From Sabine Baring-Gould, The Lives of the Saints, new edition in 16 vols. (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897–98); text from the Internet Archive scan (OCR, lightly cleaned; errors possible). Public domain in the United States. Reproduced unedited, except for short bracketed notes in grey that we added to explain names and terms (“S.” is the old abbreviation for Saint). Some history and judgments reflect 19th-century scholarship.