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Saint Gordian the Judge

statue of Saint Gordianus; c.1780 by Konrad Hegenauer; Church of Saints Gordian und Epimachus, Merazhofen, Stadt Leutkirch im Allgäu, Landkreis Ravensburg, Germany; photographed in May 2009 by Andreas Praefcke; swiped from Wikimedia Commons Also known as

Gordian of Rome
Gordianus…

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.

beheaded in 362 on the Latin Road outside Rome, Italy
buried with Saint Epimachus in a crypt near Rome
relics at the Basilica of Saint John Lateran, Rome, Italy, and at Kempten Abbey,Bavaria, Germany

Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia
Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
Roman Martyrology
Saints of the Day, by Katherine Rabenstein

books
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

other sites in english

images
- Santi e Beati
- Wikimedia Commons

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

fonti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

“Saint Gordian the Judge“. CatholicSaints.Info. 11 March 2024. Web. 26 April 2024. <>