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Saint Hermias
2nd-century Christian martyr
SaintResearchedPre-congregation
Feast: 31 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
100
Died
170
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Gumenek in Pontus, in present-day Turkey, Saint Hermias, soldier, 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 31 May as a soldier martyred at Gumenek in Pontus.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 31 May (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q436049 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Hermias (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.