magno sub vertice montis Gorgonium retinet, servat qui altaria Christi.hic, quicumque venit, sanctorum limina quaerat, inveniet vicina in sede habitare beatos, ad caelum pariter pietas quos vexit euntes. Translation: This martyr's tomb beneath a great hilltop holds Gorgonius, guardian of the altars of Christ. Whoever comes to seek here the thresholds of the saints will find that in the nearby dwelling abide the blessed whom likewise, as they went, piety bore to heaven. Other Gorgonii A third saint of this name was a member of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, otherwise known as the soldiers of the "Thundering Legion". The different Gorgonii seem to have been frequently confused. The Catholic Encyclopaedia mentions others of the same name of whom virtually nothing is known. Gorgonius was also the name of a man ridiculed by Horace in his satires for having an "ill smell".(Satire 1.2, 27) Legacy Rancho San Gorgonio was a ranch in Southern California that was established in 1824 by Spanish missionaries, who named the ranch in honor of Saint Gorgonius. The ranch was one of the principal rancherias, and the most distant, of the San Gabriel Mission, near what is now Los Angeles, California. It occupied most of today's San Gorgonio Pass area. The name of the ranch was applied to a number of local landmarks, and their names in turn have been applied to various establishments, organizations, and more. These include; San Gorgonio Pass, the site of the ranch San Gorgonio Mountain, an 11,500 foot peak north of the pass San Gorgonio River, a seasonal river / wash that runs through the pass See also San Gorgonio (disambiguation) References Bibliography Oxford Dictionary of Saints (Oxford, 2004) External links Relic of Gorgonius 304 deaths Saints from Roman Anatolia 4th-century Christian martyrs 4th-century Romans Year of birth unknown San Gorgonio Pass Christians martyred during the reign of Diocletian