Saint Gordian
- Also known as
- Gordianus
- Memorial
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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 the Abbey of Kempten, Bavaria, Germany
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
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