Candide (... - Agaunum , 286 ) - holy martyr , warrior of Thebes legion . Memorial Day - September 22 .
According to Saint (Eucherio), Bishop of Lyon (434), sv. Candide (Latin: Candidus ) was one of the senior officers of the Thebes legion, which consisted of Egyptian Christians and was under the command of St. Mauritius . In addition to him, the commanders were sv. Innocent , Exupery , Victor and Constantine .
St. Candide, who refused, like St. Mauritius with other headquarters officers and 6,600 soldiers, according to legend, to persecute Christians, was tortured in the city of Agaunum , sovr. Switzerland
The relics of St. Candida rested in the tomb of the VI century , in the monastery of San Maurizio . The skeleton is exhibited in the church Collegiata di Fucecchio , in the city of Fucecchio , whose patron he is venerated.