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Martyr

Elpidius

A martyr of the early Church, commemorated in the Western calendars.

Feast
June 18old style July 1
Era
4th century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Saint Elpidius suffered as a martyr in Gaul in the fourth century. The sources preserve no details of his life or death.

He is commemorated on 18 June among the saints of the West before the Great Schism (a saint of the undivided Church), by the New Calendar.

Commemorated the same day June 18