Saint Pancras of Rome
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- Also known as
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Pancritas of Rome
Pancratius of Rome
- Memorial
- 12 May
- Profile
- Fourteen-year-old orphan, brought to Rome by his uncle, Saint Dionysius.
Convert to Christianity.
Martyred with Saint Nereus, Saint Achilleus, and Saint Domitilla for publicly proclaiming his faith.
Pope Saint Vitalian sent his relics from the cemetery of Calepodius in Rome to England as part of the evangelization of England, so they would have relics of the Church at large, and to install in altars in new churches.
Saint Augustine of Canterbury dedicated the first church in England to Saint Pancras, and subsequent churches throughout England are similarly named for him.
- Born
- c.290 at Phrygia
- Died
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beheaded c.304 on the Via Aurelia, Rome, Italy;
relics interred in the Saint Pancras church, Rome, but were destroyed in 1798;
his head is still in the basilica of Saint John Lateran
- Patronage
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against cramps
against false witness
against headaches
against perjury
children
Iserlohn, Germany
oaths
treaties
- Additional Information
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New Catholic Dictionary
Catholic Encyclopedia
Catholic Online
Kirken i Norge - norwegian
Vietnamese Eucharistic Youth Society
The Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Brunson
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