Saint Pudentiana of Rome

Also known as

• Potentiana of Rome

Memorial

• 19 May

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Daughter of Saint Claudia of Rome and Senator Pudens; sister of Saint Praxedes. Gave away all her property to the poor, and was persecuted for giving Christian burial to early martyrs who were left to rot. Virgin martyr. The church of Saint Pudentiana, probably the oldest in Rome, Italy is supposed to be built on the site of her home.

Died

• c.160
• relics in the churches of Saints Pudentiana and Praxedes, Rome, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology

MLA Citation

• “Saint Pudentiana of Rome“. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 May 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>