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
• buried with Saint Epimachus
• 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
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Gordian the Judge”. Saints.SQPN.com. 17 September 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-gordian-the-judge/>