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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Hermes, exorcist, and Gaius/Gagus, martyrs of Bononia and Ratiaria

Saint ID

S00824

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E01399The early 5th c. Syriac Martyrology commemorates on 30 December the martyrdom of *Hermes (exorcist and martyr, with Gaius/Gagus, of Bononia and Ratiaria, S00824). Preserved in a manuscript written in Edessa (northern Mesopotamia) in 411.
E04584The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 4 January.
E05070The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 31 December.
E05071The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 1 January.
E05855The Calendar of Willibrord, in its earliest version, records the feasts of various saints in May. Written in Latin at Echternach, Frisia (north-east Gaul), 703/710.