Hermagoras, Heiliger#
Hermagoras, St, feast day July 12, lector at the church of Singidunum (Belgrade), tortured together with Fortunatus under Emperor Diocletian (284-305). His relics were brought to Aquileia. According to legend, however, he was a disciple of the Apostles, founding saint and first bishop of Aquileia, tortured to death around 70 A.D. The town of Hermagor (Carinthia) was named after him.
Literature#
H. Schmidinger, Patriarch und Landesherr, 1954; E. Marcon, Hermagoras, 1958.