Expeditus, Saint, active 4th century
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Expédit, Saint, active 4th century
Expeditus, Saint, 4th cent.
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found: Saint Expédit, c1995:p. 11 (Saint Expédit, chef de la légion romaine, décapité sous Dioclétien, au IVe siècle, à Mélitène en Arménie, avec ses compagnons, saints Rufus, Caius, Aristonique, Hermogenes et Galatas; leur fête au martyrologue: le 19 avril)
found: Holweck, F.G. A biog. dict. of the saints, 1990(Expeditus, pretended name of a martyr who suffered with Hermogenes and 5 companions at Melitene in Armenia; the Bollandist Delahaye shows that not even the name can be established with certainty, but is a copyist error for "Helpidi"; the veneration of S. Expeditus as "a sure expedient in pressing and desperate affairs" originated about 1700; in our time Rome has taken measures against the extravagances of this cult; F. 19 Apr. Rom. Mart.)
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1996-10-04: new
2013-03-18: revised
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