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Also known as

• Potentiana

Memorial

• 19 May

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Daughter of Saint Claudia of Rome and Senator Pudens; sister of Saint Praxedes. Gave away all her property to the poor, and was persecuted for giving Christian burial to early martyrs who were left to rot. Virgin martyr. The church of Saint Pudentiana, probably the oldest in Rome, Italy is supposed to be built on the site of her home.

Died

• c.160
• relics in the churches of Saints Pudentiana and Praxedes, Rome, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Representation

• woman holding a sponge soaked in the blood of martyrs

MLA Citation

• “Saint Pudentiana of Rome“. CatholicSaints.Info. 14 June 2020. Web. 4 May 2024. <>