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Epimachus, Saint

Epimachus, Saint

Epimachus, Saint

Martyrs (Rome, 362 and Alexandria, 250). Gordianus was a Roman judge, converted to Christianity by the priest Januarius. Under Julian the Apostate he was tortured and beheaded by the prefect Apronianus. His body was buried in a crypt on the Latin Way, beside the body of Saint Epimachus, martyred at Alexandria under Decius. Relics in the Abbey of Kempten, Bavaria, and in Saint John Lateran, Rome. Feast , Roman Calendar, 10 May .

Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary