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Hypatius of Gangra
SaintFull write-upAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 31 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
300
Died
345
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Gangra in Paphlagonia, also in Turkey, Saint Hypatius, bishop, who died a martyr, stoned in the street by the Novatians.
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 14 November as a bishop of Gangra stoned to death by the Novatians.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 14 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2667621 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Hypatius of Gangra (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.