Feastday: May 10
Death: 362
Two martyrs sharing the same feast. Gordian died in Rome in 362, and was described by Pope Damasus as a mere boy. Epimachus was a martyr of Alexandria, Egypt, in 250. His relics were brought to Rome, and those of Gordian were placed in his tomb. This cult is now confined to local calendars.
Saints Gordianus and Epimachus (also Gordian) were Roman martyrs, who are commemorated on 10 May.
Gordianus was a Roman judge who converted to Christianity. He was tortured and finally beheaded. His body was laid in a crypt on the Via Latina beside the body of Saint Epimachus, and the two saints gave their name to the cemetery of Gordianus and Epimachus. They are jointly venerated by the Catholic Church with a feast day of 10 May in the Tridentine Calendar.
There are churches dedicated to the saints in:
- Aitrach, Germany
- Legau, Germany
- Merazhofen, Germany
- Pleß, Germany
- Stöttwang, Germany
- Unterroth, Germany
- Blevio, Italy
Relics of both saints were venerated at Kempten Abbey in Bavaria.
