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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Maximus of Rome

A martyr honored at Rome, remembered in the catacomb of Saint Hermes.

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Feast
August 26old style September 8
Era
unknown
Place
Catacomb of Saint Hermes
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Martyr Maximus of Rome, called in some sources also Maximilian, was a martyr buried at Rome in the cemetery of Basilla on the old Via Salaria. The earliest mention of him is in the Hieronymian Martyrology, on 26 August; pilgrims of the seventh century venerated his tomb in the small basilica of Saint Hermes. No account of his martyrdom has survived, and the place of his tomb is no longer known.

Commemorated the same day August 26