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Elpidius (martyr)
one of the seven martyrs of the Crimea
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Feast: 4 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
In the Chersonese, in Greece, the holy bishops Basil, Eugene, Agathodorus, Elpidius, Aetherius, Capito and Ephrem, martyrs.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 7 March as one of the martyred bishops of the Chersonese.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 7 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q20922603 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.