Saint Gordius of Cappadocia

Also known as

• Gordius the Centurian

Memorial

• 3 January

Profile

Soldier in Caesarea, Cappadocia. Convert to Christianity. Dismissed from the army as his religion made his loyalties questionable to the authorities. Lived as a desert hermit. During the persecutions of Diocletian, he turned himself over to the authorities so he could publicly proclaim his faith. Martyr.

Died

• beheaded in 304

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

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

Readings

Inflamed with zeal for the Faith, of thine own free will thou didst hasten to the stadium and rejoice in the contest there. Thou didst quench the flames of evil in the streams of thy blood by beheading, O Prize-winner. The life-giver has glorified thee, O Gordius. - troparion of Saint Gordius

MLA Citation

• “Saint Gordius of Cappadocia“. Saints.SQPN.com. 13 January 2013. Web. 22 May 2013. <>