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Artemon of Laodicea
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 8 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
250
Died
305
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Laodicea in Phrygia, St. Artemon, priest, who received the crown of martyrdom by fire in the reign of Diocletian.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Dominican Martyrology (1955) remembers him on 8 October.
Sources
- The Martyrology of the Order of Friars Preachers (tr. W. R. Bonniwell OP, 1955), 8 October
- Wikidata Q30879176 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.