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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Holy Martyrs

Elpidius and Hermogenes

Martyrs of Melitene in Lesser Armenia, saints of the undivided Church, commemorated in the Syriac Martyrology of 411.

Feast
May 3old style May 16
Era
unknown
Place
Melitene
Order
Martyrs

Life

Elpidius and Hermogenes were martyrs of Melitene in Lesser Armenia, saints of the undivided Church.

The Syriac Martyrology of 411 commemorates them on 3 May, by the Julian calendar (old style), and the Latin Hieronymian Martyrology on 2 May. No account of their martyrdom survives; they should not be confused with the deacon Peter and his servant Hermogenes, also of Melitene, named in the Roman Martyrology.

Commemorated the same day May 3