Saint Ponziano of Spoleto

Also known as

• Pontian
• Pontianus

Memorial

• 19 January
• 14 January (Spoleto, Italy)

Profile

Beaten and executed in the persecutions of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Martyr.

Died

• stabbed with a sword or beheaded (sources vary) in 169 – 175 (sources vary) at Spoleto, Italy
• legend says that a healing spring emerged where his head landed
• buried outside the city walls of Spoleto
• a church and monastery was later built over his tomb
• some relics taken to Utrecht, Netherlands in 968
• all relics re-gathered at the monastery at Spoleto, Italy in 1994
• Pontian is one of the saints on the collonades in Saint Peter’s Square in the Vatican

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against earthquakes
• —
• Spoleto, Italy
• Utrecht, Netherlands

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Catholic Online
• Heiligen 3s
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology
• Santi e Beati
• Wikipedia

MLA Citation

• “Saint Ponziano of Spoleto“. Saints.SQPN.com. 18 January 2013. Web. 20 May 2013. <>