Gorgonius held a high position in the household of the Emperor and had often been entrusted with matters of the greatest importance.
At the onset of the persecution, he was consequently, among the first to be charged and, remaining constant in the profession of the Faith, was with his companions, Dorotheus, Peter and several others, subjected to the most frightful torments and finally strangled in the year 303.
Diocletian, determined that their bodies should not receive the extraordinary honors which the early Christians were wont to pay the Relics of the Martyrs (honor's so great as to occasion the charge of idolatry!) ordered them to be thrown into the sea.
The Christians, nevertheless, obtained possession of them and later, the body of Gorgonius was carried to Rome, whence, in the 8th Century, it was translated by St Chrodegang, Bishop of Metz and enshrined in the Monastery of Gorze. Many French Churches obtained portions of the Saint’s body from Gorze,but in the general pillage of the French Revolution, most of these relics were lost.
