Notre Dame de Rouen. The façade of the Gothic Church in France. Photographer: Hippo1947. Licence: SHUTTERSTOCK.

Wednesday 28 August 2019

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.
(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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