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Orestes of Armenia
martyr in Armenia
SaintResearchedDate unknown
Feast: 13 December (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 Armenia, Saints Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugene, Mardarius and Orestes, 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 13 December as one of five martyrs who suffered in Armenia.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 13 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R7cef4f87 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.