Saint Hermes

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Saint Hermes is the name of several early Christian martyrs. The most notable are:

Saints named Hermes

  • Saint Hermes of Rome (died c. 120 AD) — Roman martyr of the early 2nd century; his tomb on the Via Salaria was a site of veneration; the Roman Martyrology commemorates him on August 28; the Basilica of Sant'Ermes, Rome preserves his memory
  • Saint Hermes of Philippi (1st century) — one of the persons greeted by Saint Paul in Romans 16:14: Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them; venerated as a disciple of the Apostles; feast November 4
  • Saints Hermes, Aggaeus, and Caius (died c. 304 AD) — martyrs in Bononia (modern Bologna) during the Diocletianic Persecution; feast January 4