Hermias
Life and witness
At Comana, in Pontus, of St. Hermias, soldier, who under Antoninus, emperor, being miraculously delivered from many and most cruel torments, converted the executioner to Christ, and made him partaker of the same crown of martyrdom, which notwithstanding himself first obtained by the loss of his head.
Biographical overview
Hermias of Comana (; Ancient Greek: Ἑρμείας) is an early martyr commemorated in the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church. He lived in the 2nd century and was a soldier in the Roman army until he confessed Christ and was tortured. His feast day is 31 May.
Martyrologium Romanum · Latin witness
Apud Comanos, in Ponto, sancti Hermiae militis, qui, sub Antonino Imperatore, de innumeris et saevissimis tormentis divina ope liberatus, carnificem convertit ad Christum, et ejusdem martyrii coronae participem fecit; quam tamen ipse primus, gladio obtruncatus, accepit.