Martyr
Peregrinus
A martyr venerated in the West, slain around 182.
Life
Holy Martyr Peregrinus suffered in the 2nd century, around the year 182, in the time of the Emperor Commodus. According to tradition, he and other Christians were put to death because they would not offer worship to the emperor on his birthday.
No other reliable details are known. His relics are kept in the United States, at Saint John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota. He is honored as a saint of the undivided Church in the Western calendars.
Commemorated the same day August 25
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