Orthodox · 2nd century
Martyr Hermias at Comana
Commemorated: June 13 (May 31, Old Style)
Life
Hermias was an elderly Christian soldier at Comana, which the Life places in Cappadocia and the Roman Martyrology in Pontus. The persecution under Emperor Antoninus brought the official Sebastian to the city, and he ordered Hermias to sacrifice to the Roman gods. Hermias answered that he was a soldier of the heavenly king.
His Life tells that he survived the furnace and cups of poison, and that a sorcerer, ordered to poison him, became a Christian and was beheaded. It tells that Hermias was tortured further, blinded and finally beheaded. The Christians buried him at Comana.
Places
- Place of death: Comana
Retold briefly in our own words from: the Lives of the Saints by St Dimitry of Rostov (1902–1916); the Roman Martyrology (1916).
The commemorations of the day: Ponomar (ponomar.net), CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places and years: Wikidata (CC0), each saint matched by hand.