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Thursday, November 12
Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
Sinaxarion

Martyr

Peregrinus

A saint venerated at Rome, who died around 192, remembered in the calendars of the Church.

Feast
August 25old style September 7
Reposed
1922nd century
Order
Martyrs

Life

Saint Peregrinus of Rome was a martyr on the Via Aurelia, together with Saints Eusebius, Pontianus and Vincent, in the time of the emperor Commodus, around the year 192. He is celebrated on 25 August at Altavilla Irpina, in the sanctuary bearing his name, in the collegiate church of the Assumption, which has kept his relics since 1780, when they were granted by Pope Pius VI. The sources consulted say no more.

Commemorated the same day August 25