Martyr
Jocundus
Martyr honored at Reims in France; the sources preserve few details about him.
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- Feast
- December 14old style December 27
- Era
- unknown
- Place
- Reims
- Order
- Martyrs
Life
Holy Martyr Jocundus suffered martyrdom at Reims, killed together with Saint Nicasius, the city's bishop, his sister Eutropia and the deacon Florentius, at the door of the basilica the bishop had built, during a raid of pagans. His commemoration falls on 14 December in the Roman Martyrology (Gregorian calendar); he is counted a saint of the undivided Church.
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