Saint Pancras of Rome
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Also known as
- Pancritas of Rome
- Pancratius of Rome
- Pancrazio of Rome
- Pancracio of Rome
Profile
Fourteen-year-old orphan, brought to Rome by his uncle, Saint Dionysius. Convert to Christianity. Martyred with Saint Nereus, Saint Achilleus, and Saint Domitilla for publicly proclaiming his faith. Pope Saint Vitalian sent his relics from the cemetery of Calepodius in Rome to the British Isles as part of the evangelization of England, so they would have relics of the Church at large, and to install in altars in new churches. Saint Augustine of Canterbury dedicated the first church in England to Saint Pancras, and subsequent churches throughout England are similarly named for him.
Born
- c.290 at Phrygia
- beheaded c.304 on the Via Aurelia, Rome, Italy
- relics interred in the Saint Pancras church, Rome, but were destroyed in 1798
- his head is still in the basilica of Saint John Lateran
- against cramps
- against false witness
- against headaches
- against perjury
- Albano, Italy, diocese of
- children
- Iserlohn, Germany
- oaths
- Pontevico, Italy
- treaties
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia
- Catholic Online
- Kirken i Norge - norwegian
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
- Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Society
