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Hieromartyr

Pigmenius

A Roman priest, slain for Christ under Julian the Apostate in 362.

Feast
March 24old style April 6
Reposed
3624th century
Place
Rome
Order
Martyrs

Life

Holy Hieromartyr Pigmenius was a priest in Rome who was thrown into the river Tiber in 362, in the time of the emperor Julian the Apostate, for his faith in Christ. He is a saint of the undivided Church, commemorated on 24 March (new style; 6 April in the old style).

Commemorated the same day March 24