Saint Peregrinus of Rome

Memorial

• 25 August

Profile

Martyred in the persecutions of Emperor Commodus.

Died

• stretched on the rack, beaten with clubs, burned, then beaten to death with lead-tipped whips in 192 at Rome, Italy
• buried in the catacombs in Rome
• Pope Saint Nicholas I sent his relics to Vienne, France in 863

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Peregrinus of Rome“. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 January 2013. Web. 25 May 2013. <>