Peregrinus of Dyrrhachium

Holy Martyr Peregrinus of Dyrrhachium is commemorated on 20 July at the head of the martyrs Lucian, Pompey, Hesychius, Papius, Saturninus and Germanus. All were from Italy and suffered for Christ in the time of the emperor Trajan, in the city of Dyrrhachium on the shore of the Adriatic Sea.

They were present at the torments of Bishop Astius, whom the Romans crucified, and openly praised the courage and strength of the confessor; for this they were seized and, as confessors of Christ, thrown into the sea. The waves carried the bodies to the shore, and the Christians hid them there in the sand. After ninety years the martyrs appeared to the bishop of Alexandria and commanded him to bury their bodies and raise a church over them.

Saint Peregrinus is commemorated on 20 July, in the new style.