# Palmatius

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**Palmatius** was a [Christian](/source/Christianity) [saint](/source/Chronological_list_of_saints_in_the_3rd_century) [martyred](/source/Martyr) with 11 companions in [Trier](/source/Trier) in around 287. They were among many killed under the [Emperor Maximian](/source/Emperor_Maximian) by [Rictius Varus](/source/Rictius_Varus), the *[vicarius](/source/Vicarius)* in [Roman](/source/Roman_Empire) [Gaul](/source/Gaul).[1]

His [feast day](/source/Feast_day) is [May 10](/source/May_10_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)#Pre-Schism_Western_Saints).

## Martyrs of Trier

The 11 companions of Palmatius, who were martyred with him in Trier, are collectively known as the Martyrs of Trier.[2][3] Their feast day is [October 6](/source/October_6_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)), separate from the feast day of Palmatius.

## References

1. The [Roman Martyrology](/source/Roman_Martyrology). Transl. by the Archbishop of Baltimore. Last Edition, According to the Copy Printed at Rome in 1914. Revised Edition, with the Imprimatur of His Eminence Cardinal Gibbons. Baltimore: John Murphy Company, 1916. p.307.

1. ["Martyrs of Trier - Saints & Angels"](https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=4947)

1. ["Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome"](http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdoct.htm)

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