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Saint Gordius
Roman officer and Christian martyr
SaintFull write-upPre-congregation
Feast: 3 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
300
Died
320
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Caesarea in Cappadocia, in present-day Turkey, the centurion Saint Gordius, martyr, whom Saint Basil praises as an imitator of the centurion present beneath the Cross, since, during the persecution of Diocletian, he confessed that Jesus was the Son of God.
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 3 January as a centurion martyred at Caesarea under Diocletian, praised by Saint Basil.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 3 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2701896 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Saint Gordius (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.