Jun 162009
Also known as
- Pontian
- Pontianus
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Beaten and executed in the persecutions of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Martyr.
- 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
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. <>
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