All events for SS. Herodion & Others

SS. Herodion, Agavus, Ruphus, Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, and others.  Bishop-Martyrs, apostles; mentioned by St. Paul Apostle (Rom. 16, 11-14). Venerable, Celestine, Pope of Rome, remarkable for his zeal, deposed a Bishop in Africa, repressed abuses, sent SS. Paladius and Patrick as missioners to the Scots and Irish.  He condemned the Nestorian heresy.  Through his Legates he presided over the 3rd Ecumenical Council of Ephesus A.D. 431, died A.D. 432.