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Pontian of Rome
martyr at Rome on the Via Aurelia
SaintResearchedDate unknown
Feast: 25 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not on record
Who they were
At Rome, at the sixth milestone of the Via Aurelia, the burial of Saints Eusebius, Pontian, Vincent and Peregrinus, martyrs.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 25 August as a martyr buried at the sixth milestone of the Via Aurelia at Rome.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 25 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R78472c37 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.