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    Pancras

    Birth: unknown

    Death: unknown

    Birth Date Prefix: abt 290 CE

    Death Date Prefix: 304 CE

    Nickname: Saint Pancratius

Biography

St. Pancras was a fourteen year old Christian martyr who was beheaded. His relics were interred at the St. Pancras church. Now, only his head remains, and it is housed as a relic in the St. John Lateran. Wiliam Henry Seward refers to St. Pancratius (the Latin spelling) when he is exploring the catacombs of Rome in 1859, and says that they descended 30 feet to the place where St. Pancras was slain.

Letter References

Letter from William Henry Seward to Frances Adeline Seward, August 23, 1859

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St. Pancras was a fourteen year old Christian martyr who was beheaded. His relics were interred at the St. Pancras church. Now, only his head remains, and it is housed as a relic in the St. John Lateran. Wiliam Henry Seward refers to St. Pancratius (the Latin spelling) when he is exploring the catacombs of Rome in 1859, and says that they descended 30 feet to the place where St. Pancras was slain.
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