Saint Pimenius

Saint Pimenius
Frescoe in the Catacomb of Ponziano, Saints Milis and Pumenius, from the book Die Malereien der Katakomben Roms (Tafeln), ed. by Joseph Wilpert, plate 255
Martyr
Bornc. 4th century AD
Died362 AD
Tiber River, Rome, Western Roman Empire
Honored inCatholic Church
CanonizedPre-Congregation
Feast2 December

Saint Pimenius, also known as Pigmenius, Pigmentius, and Pigmène (c. 4th century AD – 362) is a saint and martyr venerated in the Catholic Church.

Life

Pimenius was the tutor of Julian the Apostate, who later became Roman Emperor Julian and tried to revive Rome's traditional state religion. Pimenius ended up coming into conflict with Julian because the latter was a Christian. As a result, Julian had Pimenius drowned in the Tiber River in 362 AD. In the Catholic Church, Saint Pimenius is considered a pre-congregation saint, with a memorial on 24 March and a feast day on 2 December.

References

  1. 1 2 "St. Pigmenius - Saints & Angels". Catholic Online. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  2. 1 2 3 "Name Pimenius". CatholicSaints.Info. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  3. ↑ Gibbon, Edward. "Chapter 23". The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
  4. ↑ "Pigmenius van Rome". heiligen-3s.nl. Retrieved 2020-05-13.