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'''Hermes of Dalmatia''' ({{langx|el|Ἑρμᾶς}}) is numbered among the [[Seventy disciples|Seventy Disciples]].<ref name=Brown/> He was [[bishop]] in [[Dalmatia (Roman province)|Dalmatia]].

==Life==
He is usually identified with the Hermes mentioned by [[Paul the Apostle|Paul]] in {{Bibleref2|Romans|16:14}}, and said to have succeeded [[Saint Titus|Titus]] as Bishop of Dalmatia.<ref name=Brown>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07276b.htm Brown, C.F. Wemyss. "St. Hermes." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 7. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1910. 16 December 2022 {{PD-notice}}</ref>
His [[Calendar of saints|feast days]] are celebrated on April 8 with his fellow [[martyr]]s, and on January 4 among the Seventy.

(There is another Apostle of the Seventy by the name of [[Hermas of Philippopolis|Hermas]], who was bishop in the [[Thracia|Thracian]] city of [[Philippopolis (Thrace)|Philippopolis]]).<ref>[https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2022/04/08/101024-apostle-herodion-of-the-seventy-and-those-with-him "Apostle Herodion of the Seventy, and those with Him", OCA]</ref>

==Hymns==
[[Troparion]] ([[Octoechos|Tone]] 1) [http://www.oca.org/FStropars.asp?ID=101029]

:Let us praise in hymns the six–fold choir of Apostles:
:[[Herodion of Patras|Herodion]] and [[Agabus]],
:[[Rufus of Thebes|Rufus]], [[Asyncritus of Hyrcania|Asyncritus]], [[Phlegon of Marathon|Phlegon]] and holy Hermes.
:They ever entreat the [[Trinity]] for our souls!

[[Kontakion]] (Tone 2)

:You became the [[Disciple (Christianity)|disciples]] of [[Jesus|Christ]]
:And all-holy Apostles,
:O glorious Herodion, Agabus and Rufus,
:Asyncritus, Phlegon and Hermes.
:Ever entreat the Lord
:To grant forgiveness of transgressions
:To us who sing your praises.

Kontakion (Tone 4)

:Like stars, O holy Apostles,
:You illumine the way of the faithful with the light of the [[Holy Spirit]].
:You dispel the darkness of error as you gaze on God the Word!

==References==
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{{Catholic|wstitle=St. Hermes}}

== Sources ==
*[[Nikolai Velimirovic]], ''The [[Prologue from Ohrid]]''
*{{Orthodoxwiki source|title=Apostle Hermes (bishop)|oldid=64437}}

==External links==
*[http://ocafs.oca.org/FeastSaintsViewer.asp?FSID=100056 Apostle Hermes of the Seventy], January 4 ([[Orthodox Church in America|OCA]])
*[http://goarch.org/en/chapel/saints.asp?contentid=11 Agavos, Rouphos, Asynkritos, Phlegon, Herodion, & Hermes of the 70 Apostles] ([[GOARCH]])

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