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Elpideforus
SaintFull write-upDate unknown
Feast: 2 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
In Persia, Saints Acindynus, Pegasius, Aphthonius, Elpidephorus, Anempodistus and many companions, martyrs, who tradition says suffered their passion under King Shapur II.
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 Roman Martyrology remembers him on 2 November as one of the martyrs of Persia who, tradition says, died under Shapur II.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 2 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q51767343 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.