title: Elpidius
text: # Elpidius
  
  Elpidius is a Roman cognomen.
  
  It was the name of several bishops and saints:
  
  * Elpidius, bishop of Huesca (c.522-546)
  * Elpidius, bishop of Tarazona
  * Elpidius, bishop of Comana (Cappadocia)
  * Saint Elpidius, bishop of Lyon
  * Saint Elpidius the Cappadocian, abbot and patron saint of Sant'Elpidio a Mare
  * Elpidius (rebel), 8th-century Byzantine governor of Sicily and rebel
  * another name for St. Expeditus
  