Church of San Pancrazio, Taormina. The altar, which contains a statue of Saint Pancras.
Born
Antiochia in Cilicia (modern-day Adana, Turkey)
Died
c. 40 AD Taormina (modern-day Italy)
Venerated in
Roman Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church;[1] Armenian Apostolic Church; True Orthodox Church including Tikhonites
Feast
8 July or 9 July (formerly 3 April); the Eastern Orthodox Church venerates him as a Hieromartyr on 9 July (22 July, N.S.).; the Armenian Apostolic Church commemorates him on the Thursday after the first Sunday of Advent.
Attributes
depicted as an old man with yellowing grey hair, vested as a bishop, holding a cross in his right hand, and a Gospel book in his left
Patronage
Taormina; Canicattì
Pancras or Pancratius (Greek: Παγκράτιος, Pankratios; Italian: Pancrazio) is an Italian saint associated with Taormina and venerated as a Christian martyr. His surviving hagiography is purely legendary. He is, however, recorded in some early martyrologies.
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