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Gaius of Phrygia
martyr in Phrygia
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Feast: 10 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
At Hisarlik on the river Meander in Phrygia, in present-day Turkey, commemoration of Saints Gaius and Alexander, martyrs, who received the crown of a glorious martyrdom during the persecution of the emperors Marcus Antoninus and Lucius Verus.
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 10 March as a martyr in Phrygia, with Saint Alexander, under the emperors Marcus Antoninus and Lucius Verus.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 10 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Rc2c55f95 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.