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Philemon the actor
Egyptian saint
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 8 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
—
unknown
Died
305
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Near Antinoe in Egypt, Saints Apollonius and Philemon, 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 8 March as a martyr near Antinoe in Egypt.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 8 March (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q7183028 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Philemon the actor (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.