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The Golden Legend states: "And the noble man, Maurice, was duke of this holy legion. And they that governed under him, which bare the banners, were named Saint Candidus, Saint Innocent, Saint Exsuperius, Saint Victor, and Saint Constantine, all these were captains."
Candidus is called Maurice"s senator militum or staff officer We cannot renounce Him who is our Creator and Master, and also yours even though you reject Him."
Candidus, along with Saint Maurice, the other staff officers and 6,600 soldiers, is said to have been martyred at the Swiss town of Saint Maurice-en-Valais, then called Agaunum.
His feast day is September 22.
Candidus" relics were stored in a 6th-century reliquary at the Abbaye de Saint-Maurice d"Agaune. The relics were rededicated by Archbishop Juan Gomez in November, 2014.
There was also an embossed silver bust of Candidus. Candidus of Armenia, Armenian martyr venerated on 10 March.
Candidus of Rome, a Roman martyr buried on the Esquiline Hill, whose feast day is October 3.
Candidus the Martyr, Martyr whose feast day is February 2.