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

Wednesday, 28 August 2024

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: Lætábitur.

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