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. 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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Pudentiana of Rome”. Saints.SQPN.com. 8 October 2012. Web. 23 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-pudentiana-of-rome/>