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Hieromartyr · 4th century

Confessor Erasmus Bishop of Formia

Also known as Erasmus of Formia · Saint Elmo

A bishop of Formia in Campania who confessed Christ through fierce tortures during the persecution of Diocletian; in the West he is invoked as St Elmo, patron of sailors.

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Notes

Pre-schism Western saint.

Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints