Hermas (freedman)

Not to be confused with Hermas of Dalmatia or Hermas of Philippopolis.
Hermas
Born
Aquileia, Roman Empire
NationalityAncient Rome
OccupationWriter
Notable workThe Shepherd of Hermas
RelativesPius I
Last page of the Muratorian fragment; Hermas is mentioned near the middle, Pastorem vero nuperrim ettemporibus nostris in urbe Roma Herma conscripsit sedente cathetra urbis Romae aeclesiae Pio Eps fratrer eius ("'The Shepherd', moreover, did Hermas write very recently in our times in the city of Rome, while his brother bishop Pius sat in the chair of the Church of Rome.")

Hermas (Greek: Ερμάς) was a freedman and Christian, who lived in Ancient Rome. He was a brother of Pius, Bishop of Rome about the middle of the 2nd century. Some later writers identify him as Hermas of Dalmatia, mentioned in Romans 16:14. Hermas the freedman was the character and, by some assessments, the author of the work titled The Shepherd of Hermas, which, in the early Church, was sometimes classed among the canonical Scriptures.