Canonized Pre-congregation Died Smyrna Role Martyr | Name Germanicus Smyrna Feast 19 January | |
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church Similar Papias of Hierapolis, Polycarp, Chrysostomos of Smyrna | ||
Saint Germanicus was a youth who was arrested and martyred for his faith in Smyrna during the reign of the Roman Emperor Antoninus. As Germanicus stood in the arena, facing a wild beast, the Roman proconsul pleaded with him that in view of his youth he should deny his faith to obtain a pardon. But the young man refused to apostatize, and willingly embraced martyrdom.
Germanicus was praised for his courage facing the wild beasts used to kill him.
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