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Saint Pancras, in other languages: Sanctus Pancratius (Latin); Ἅγιος Πανκράτιος (Greek); San Pancrazio (Italian); San Pancracio (Spanish), was a Roman citizen who converted to Christianity, and was beheaded for his faith at the age of just 14 around the year 304. His name is Greek and literally means "the one that holds everything".From 1595 (25 years after Pope Pius V promulgated the Tridentine Missal) until 1969, Saint Pancras was venerated together with Saints Nereus and Achilleus and Saint Domitilla in a shared feastday and Mass formula on 12 May.Saint Pancras is now venerated separately, still on 12 May.Since he was said to have been martyred at the age of fourteen during the persecution under Diocletian, Pancras would have been born around 289, at a place designated as near Synnada, a city of Phrygia Salutaris, to parents of Roman citizenship.
Attributes:depicted as a young man or soldier
Patronage:children; invoked against cramp, false witness, headache, and perjury
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