Hermes of Philippopolis

Saint Hermas of Philippopolis (Greek: Έρμάς ό Φιλιππουπολίτης) was one of the Seventy Disciples and was bishop in Philippopolis in Thrace (today's Plovdiv, Bulgaria). 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.

Life He was wealthy, but fell into poverty because of sin and the sins of his sons. He was thus said to have been visited by an angel of repentance, who stayed with him until the end of his life, during which time he wrote The Shepherd of Hermas He ended his life as a martyr.