Saint Gordian the Judge

Also known as

• Gordianus the Judge

Memorial

• 10 May
• cultus confined to local calendars since 1969

Profile

Roman judge. Adult convert to Christianity. Tortured and martyred by order of the Roman prefect Apronianus during the persecutions of Julian the Apostate.

Died

• beheaded in 362 on the Latin Road outside Rome, Italy
• buried with Saint Epimachus in a crypt near Rome
• relics at the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome, Italy, and at Kempten Abbey,Bavaria, Germany

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology

MLA Citation

• “Saint Gordian the Judge“. Saints.SQPN.com. 14 May 2013. Web. 26 May 2013. <>