Communio Sanctorum

Hermolaus

In the same place, of St. Hermolaus, priest, by whose doctrine St. Pantaleon was converted to the faith.

Feast: 27 July

Life and witness

In the same place, of St. Hermolaus, priest, by whose doctrine St. Pantaleon was converted to the faith.

Biographical overview

Hermolaus is the Latinized Greek masculine given name Ermolaos (Greek: Ἑρμόλαος), meaning "the people of Hermes". The name was translated into other languages as well, e.g., Yermolay (Russian), and Ermolao (Italian). Notable people with the given name include: Saint Hermolaus of Nicomedia (d. 303) Hermolaus Barbarus (21 May 1454 – 14 June 1493), was a Venetian Renaissance humanist, diplomat and churchman Hermolaus of Macedon, page to Alexander the Great Hermolaus of Constantinople, grammarian. He wrote an epitome of the Ethnica by Stephanus of Byzantium.