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Venerable Martyr

Germanus

One of the thirteen venerable martyrs of Cyprus.

Feast
May 19old style June 1
Reposed
123113th century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Saint Germanus, Venerable Martyr, is one of the thirteen venerable martyrs of Cyprus commemorated on 19 May (new style, the calendar of the Church of Greece): Barnabas, Gennadius, Gerasimus, Germanus, Theognostus, Theoctistus, Jeremiah, John, Joseph, Conon, Cyril, Maximus and Mark. The English calendar says that they were monks of the monastery of the Mother of God at Kantara, who suffered in the year 1231, under Latin rule.

The sources consulted give no other details about his life.

Commemorated the same day May 19