Saint Gorgonius of Nicomedia

Memorial

• 9 September

Profile

Favourite and trusted servant in the court of Emperor Diocletian. Convert to Christianity. Tortured and martyred with a group of other Christians during the persecutions of Diocletian.

Died

• strangled to death in 303
• relics moved to Rome, Italy by order of Pope Saint Gregory IV

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Gorgonius of Nicomedia“. Saints.SQPN.com. 27 May 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>