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328: 48: 219:, the official but professedly incomplete list of saints recognized by the Catholic Church. The entry is as follows: "In the Cemetery of Basilia on the Old Salarian Way, Saint Hermes, Martyr, whom, as reported by 238:, are legendary. They depict Hermes as a wealthy freedman who with his companions was martyred in Rome, being killed on the orders of a judge named Aurelian. 327: 305:
in 1129. A pilgrimage in honour of the saint, who had by then become known for curing mental illnesses, sustained the local economy. There is still a
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saying today which translates as "Saint Hermes cures the area's madmen but keeps the Ronse dwellers as they are". Hermes is the patron saint of Ronse.
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Book of Prayers from the mid-15th century. Saint Hermes is the figure at the back, in armour. Other saints pictured include
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Although he is recognized as a saint of the Catholic Church, the commemoration of Saint Hermes in the
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Walker, Lauren. "Old entrance to crypt of St. Hermes' Basilica used for first time in 300 years",
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raids forced the monks to flee the town more than once, and the monastery was burnt by the
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The church of Saint Hermes, which was later built on top of the crypt, was
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sent forth, but Rome kept as its citizen when he died for the holy name."
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was removed in 1969 because of the paucity of information about him.
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His existence is attested by his early cult. However, his
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in 880. The relics were recovered in 940 and housed in a
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Church of Saint Hermes (Sint-Hirmes) in Ronse, Belgium.
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Index

St. Hermes Martyr
Erbin of Dumnonia

Dutch
Saint James the Great
Saint Joseph
Saint Ghislain
Saint Eligius
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Canonized
Feast
Patronage
Forte dei Marmi
Ronse
Acquapendente
Greece
Rome
martyr
saint
Catholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
basilica
Pope Pelagius I
Pope Adrian I
catacomb
Salarian Way
Roman Rite
Roman Martyrology
Saint Damasus

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