Saint Jeremias of Cilicia

Also known as

• Jeremy

Memorial

• 16 February

Profile

Ministered to Christians who were condemned to work the mines of Cilicia in the persecutions of Galerius Maximianus and Maximin Daza. This exposed Jeremias’s faith, and he was arrested, tortured and martryed by order of the governor Firmilian.

Born

• Egyptian

Died

• beheaded in 309 at Caesarea in Palestine

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Jeremias of Cilicia“. Saints.SQPN.com. 15 February 2013. Web. 20 May 2013. <>