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Philoromus
Christian martyr
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 4 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
300
Died
306
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Alexandria in Egypt, the passion of the holy martyrs Phileas, bishop, and Philoromus, military tribune, who, during the persecution of the emperor Diocletian, unmoved by relatives and friends urging them to save their lives, offered their necks to be beheaded and both won the palm from the Lord.
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 4 February as a military tribune beheaded at Alexandria with Bishop Phileas under Diocletian.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 4 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q85974117 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.