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Prophet Ahijah the Shilonite
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Holy Martyrs

Peter and Hermogenes

The deacon Peter and his servant Hermogenes, martyrs of Melitene in Armenia, commemorated in the Roman Martyrology.

Feast
April 17old style April 30
Era
4th century
Place
Melitene, Lesser Armenia
Order
Martyrs

Life

Peter and Hermogenes were martyrs of Melitene in Lesser Armenia: the deacon Peter and his servant Hermogenes.

The Roman Martyrology commemorates them on 17 April. They should not be confused with Elpidius and Hermogenes, also of Melitene, named in the Syriac Martyrology of 411. No other account of their lives or deaths survives.

Commemorated the same day April 17