Tuesday, 28 August 2018

Saint Hermes. Martyr. Feast Day 28 August.


Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal,
unless stated otherwise.

Saint Hermes. 
   Martyr. 
   Feast Day 28 August.

Simple.

Red Vestments.




English: Church of Saint Hermes, Ronse, East Flanders, Belgium.
Nederlands: Sint-Hermeskerk in Ronse, Belgium.
Photo: 13 July 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: User:LimoWreck.
(Wikimedia Commons)


"At Rome," says The Roman Martyrology, "the triumph of Saint Hermes, a very eminent personage, who, after having been some time in prison, was beheaded with several other Saints under the Judge, Aurelian, as related in The Acts of Pope Saint Alexander (+ circa 133 A.D.)".

Mass: Laetábitur.

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