Role Martyr Name Peregrine Peregrine | Major shrine Saint John's Abbey | |
Feast August 25 (Martyrdom); May 6 (Translation) Attributes Chi Rho on his chest, in a dungeon with the rack, the scourge, clubs or fire's flames Patronage young men and women discerning their vocations Died August 25, 182 AD, Rome, Italy Similar Pope Evaristus, Pope John XII, Pope Innocent VIII, Pope Gregory II, Pope Pius I | ||
Venerated in Roman Catholic Church | ||
St. Peregrine the martyr was an early Christian martyr who died because he and others refused to worship the Roman Emperor Commodus on his birthday.
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