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Polyeuctus of Caesarea
martyr at Caesarea in Cappadocia
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Feast: 21 May (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 Caesarea in Cappadocia, in present-day Turkey, Saint Polyeuctus, 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 21 May as a martyr at Caesarea in Cappadocia, in present-day Turkey.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 21 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R91213229 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.