Hermes of Philippopolis

Saint Hermas of Philippopolis was one of the Seventy Disciples and was bishop in Philippopolis in Thrace. Hermas, the author of The Shepherd of Hermas, was often identified with him, but that Hermas was a second-generation Christian and lived some time after this Hermas. He is mentioned in Romans 16:14, and his feast day is celebrated on May 31, on November 5 with Apostles Patrobas, Linus, Gaius, and Philologus, and on January 4 among the Seventy.