Protasius
Life and witness
At Milan, of St. Protasius, bishop, who, both in presence of the emperor Constance, and also in the Council of Sardica, stoutly defended the cause of Athanasius, and finally, having taken very great pains for the faith and church committed to his charge, departed to our Lord.
Biographical overview
Protasius (anglicized Protase) may refer to: Protasius (martyr) Protasius (bishop of Milan), reigned 328–343, saint Protasius, an archbishop of Tarragona in 637–646 Protasius (bishop of Lausanne) (died c. 650) Protasius of Boskowitz and Černahora (died 1482), bishop of Olomouc Protase Rugambwa, Tanzanian Catholic cardinal
Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
Mediolani sancti Protasii Episcopi, qui apud Constantem Imperatorem in Concilio Sardicensi causam Athanasii defendit, ac demum, pro Ecclesia sibi commissa et pro religione multis perfunctus laboribus, migravit ad Dominum.