Saint Gordius

Saint Gordius was a Christian soldier in Cappadocia who was dismissed from the Roman army, lived as a hermit for a while, then returned and made an open declaration of his faith, for which he was martyred in the city of Caesarea Maritima. He is commemorated on 3 January in the Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.

''Roman Martyrology''

The Roman Martyrology as of 1916 for the Third Day of January says,

Monks of Ramsgate account

The Monks of Ramsgate wrote in their Book of Saints,

Butler's account

The hagiographer Alban Butler wrote in his Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints under January 3,