Martyr
Hermylus
A hieromartyr of the early Church, commemorated in the Greek synaxarion.
- Feast
- December 18old style December 31
- Era
- 4th century
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Saint Hermylus is commemorated on 18 December (new style, the Greek calendar) together with Saint Phocas. The synaxarion says that both received martyrdom by the sword. A verse puts an exchange on their lips: let me be cut down first, says Hermylus; no, says Phocas, but I, Phocas.
The synaxarion does not say that Hermylus was a priest. Place and time are not preserved.
Commemorated the same day December 18
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