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Herodion of Patras
bishop and saint
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 4 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
—
unknown
Died
100
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Commemoration of Saints Herodion, Asyncritus and Phlegon, whom Saint Paul the Apostle greets in the Letter to the Romans.
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 8 April with Asyncritus and Phlegon as one of those Saint Paul greets in the Letter to the Romans.
Connected on this site
- Paul the Apostle Saint“Commemoration of Saints Herodion, Asyncritus and Phlegon, whom Saint Paul the Apostle greets in the Letter to the Romans.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 8 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q984386 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Herodion of Patras (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.