Germanicus of Smyrna
Greek saint
Feast: 19 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Smyrna in present-day Turkey, the passion of Saint Germanicus, martyr of Philadelphia, who, in the time of the emperors Marcus Antoninus and Lucius Aurelius, was a disciple of Saint Polycarp, whom he preceded in martyrdom: condemned by the judge in the flower of youth, setting aside by the grace of God all fear for the frailty of his body, he himself urged on against himself the beast destined for him.
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 19 January as a disciple of Polycarp martyred by a wild beast at Smyrna.
- Roman Martyrology, 19 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1514158 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Germanicus of Smyrna (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.