Hermogenes of Agrigentum

Saint Hermogenes, Bishop of Agrigentum in Sicily.

Saint Hermogenes was Bishop of Agrigentum in Sicily. The synaxarion records that he governed his flock with wisdom and reposed in peace.

No further details of his life are preserved.

Feast day

On the New Calendar, Hermogenes of Agrigentum is commemorated on November 24. Churches on the Old (Julian) Calendar keep the feast on December 7 of the civil calendar.

Also commemorated on November 24

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  Clement of Rome

  Hierarch, Κλήμης Ρώμης

  Pope Clement I of Rome, martyr.

  Name days: Klemes, Klement, Clement

• Peter of Alexandria

  Hierarch, Πέτρος Αλεξανδρείας

  Hieromartyr Peter, Archbishop of Alexandria, the last martyr of the great persecution.

• Malchus the Venerable

  Venerable, Μάλχος ο Όσιος

  Venerable Malchus, monk of Syria.

• Karion the Venerable

  Venerable, Καρίων ο Όσιος

  Venerable Karion of Egypt, father of Venerable Zacharias.

• Mercurius of Smolensk

  Martyr, Μερκούριος ο εν Σμολένσκη

  Holy Martyr Mercurius of Smolensk, who died defending the city from the Tatars.

• Chrysogonos the Martyr

  Martyr, Χρυσόγονος

  Holy Martyr Chrysogonos, teacher of Saint Anastasia, martyred at Aquileia.