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Pigmenius van Rome
catholic saint and martyr (4th century AD)
SaintResearchedAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 2 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
400
Died
362
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Also at Rome, in the cemetery of Pontian on the Via Portuensis, Saint Pigmenius, priest and martyr.
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 2 December as a priest and martyr of Rome, in the cemetery of Pontian.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 2 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q113388669 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Pimenius (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.