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Holy Martyrs

Palmatius and Companions

Martyrs of Trier, slain for Christ around 287.

Feast
October 5old style October 18
Reposed
2873rd century
Place
Trier
Order
Martyrs

Life

The Holy Martyrs Palmatius and Companions suffered martyrdom at Trier in Germany in the time of the Emperor Maximian Herculius, around 287. They are commemorated on 5 October, as saints of the undivided Church, by the New Calendar. Our sources preserve no further details of their lives.

Commemorated the same day October 5