Martyr
Silvanus
A saint venerated at Rome, remembered in the calendars of the Church.
Life
Saint Silvanus of Rome is a Catholic and Orthodox saint. A son of Saint Felicitas of Rome, he was martyred at Rome, around the year 160, together with his mother and his six brothers. The name Silvanus (Sylvanus) is the name of the god of the woods and a nickname of Mars in Latin mythology. His feast is kept on 5 May and on 23 November in the West and on 25 January in the East, according to the sources consulted.
Commemorated the same day May 5
Hilary of ArlesSaint · Bishop of ArlesMay 5
Irene of MacedoniaGreat Martyr · Great Martyr of MacedoniaMay 5
Ephraim of Nea MakriVenerable Martyr · Monk martyr of AtticaMay 5
Irene of ThessalonicaMartyr · Martyr of ThessalonicaMay 5- Maximus III of JerusalemSaint · Bishop of JerusalemMay 5
Adrian of MonzaVenerable · Founder of the Monza River monasteryMay 5- LannoMartyrMay 5
- Matrona of HureziVenerable · Abbess of Hurezi MonasteryMay 5
- Gideon of SerpukhovVenerable · MonkMay 5
- Euthymius of MadytosSaint · Bishop of MadytosMay 5
- Amador, Pedro and Luis of MartosHoly MartyrsMay 5
- Amator of CórdobaHieromartyrMay 5