Saint Hermes of Rome

Memorial

• 28 August

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Wealthy freed Roman slave. Brother of Saint Theodora of Rome Martyr. A catacomb in the Salesian Way bears his name.

Died

• martyred c.125 at Rome, Italy
• relics at Acquapendente, Italy; Salzburg, Austria; Kornelimünster Abbey; San Marco of Rome), Italy; and Seligenstadt, Germany

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Forte dei Marmi, Lucca, Italy
• Acquapendente, Italy

Additional Information

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Hermes of Rome”. Saints.SQPN.com. 30 March 2010. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-hermes-of-rome/>