Saint Gordianus
saint martyred 362, during the reign of Julian
Feast: 10 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Gordianus was a Roman judge who was so moved by the holiness and sufferings of a priest named Januarius that he became a Christian with many of his household. Accused before his successor, or the city prefect Apronianus, he was cruelly tortured and beheaded in 362, under Julian the Apostate.
Christians buried his body in a crypt on the Via Latina beside that of St. Epimachus; the cemetery took their names, and the two have been honoured together ever since, on 10 May.
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
A Roman judge who became a Christian and was martyred under Julian the Apostate.
Connected on this site
- Gordianus and Epimachus Saint honoured together
- Gordianus and Epimachus Saint“The Princely Abbey of Kempten in Bavaria was established in 752, and dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Gordianus and Epimachus.” — Wikipedia
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Sts. Gordianus and Epimachus
- Roman Martyrology, 10 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q15304031 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Gordianus (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.