San Pancrazio di Taormina

Saint Pancras of Taormina
Church of San Pancrazio, Taormina. The altar, which contains a statue of Saint Pancras.
Born	Antiochia in Cilicia
Died	~40 AD Taormina
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church
Feast	July 8 or July 9 (formerly April 3); the Eastern Orthodox Church venerates him as a Hieromartyr on July 9 (July 22, N.S.).
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

Saint Pancras or Pancratius (Greek: Ἅγιος Παγκράτιος, Hagios Pankratios; Latin: Sanctus Pancratius; Italian: San Pancrazio; Church Slavonic: Свѧтый Панкратїй, Svjatyj Pankratij) is said to have been born in Antioch in Cilicia (the modern Adana).

According to tradition, he travelled to Jerusalem with his parents during the earthly ministry of Jesus; later the entire family was baptized in Antioch. Pancras withdrew to a cave in Pontus where he was discovered by Saint Peter and was sent to Sicily in the year 40 to be the first Bishop of Tauromenium (the modern Taormina). There he met his death by stoning at the hands of pagan opponents of the new religion.

He is venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church and in the Eastern Orthodox Church as a Hieromartyr. In the Catholic Church his cult being concentrated on the island of Sicily, where the veneration of saints from the eastern Mediterranean was particularly encouraged during the period of Byzantine rule. He is the patron saint of Taormina, and Canicattì. His feast day was entered into the Roman Martyrology as April 3; recently this was amended to July 8. More often he is celebrated on July 9, the traditional day of his martyrdom. The larger portion of his relics are preserved at Rome.

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