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Phlegon of Marathon
one of the Seventy Disciples
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 8 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
50
Died
—
unknown
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Commemoration of Saints Herodion, Asyncritus and Phlegon, whom Saint Paul the Apostle greets in the Letter to the Romans.
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 April with Herodion and Asyncritus as one of those Saint Paul greets in the Letter to the Romans.
Connected on this site
- Paul the Apostle Saint“Commemoration of Saints Herodion, Asyncritus and Phlegon, whom Saint Paul the Apostle greets in the Letter to the Romans.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 8 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q1993671 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Phlegon of Marathon (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.