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Josippus
deacon of Rome, martyr at Antioch
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Feast: 15 February (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 Antioch in Syria, the holy martyrs Hesychius, priest, Josippus, deacon of Rome, Zosimus, Baralas and Agape, virgin.
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 15 February as a deacon of Rome martyred at Antioch in Syria.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 15 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R50d2501a — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.