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Hermolaus of Nicomedia
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Born
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unknown
Died
305
Beatified
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not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Nicomedia, St. Hermolaus, priest, by whose teaching Blessed Pantaleon was converted to the faith. Also Ss. Hermippus and Hermocrates, brothers. After many tortures inflicted on them by the same Maximian for their confession of Christ, they were put to death.
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 27 July.
Sources
- The Martyrology of the Order of Friars Preachers (tr. W. R. Bonniwell OP, 1955), 27 July
- Wikidata Q4176601 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.