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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Pontianus, martyr of Spoleto (Central Italy)

Saint ID

S01874

Number in BH

BHL 6891

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E03231The Latin Martyrdom of *Pontianus (martyr of Spoleto, S01874) narrates Pontianus’ arrest, tortures endured, death at the pons sanguinarius, and burial in the fundus Lucianus near the walls of Spoleto (central Italy). Written presumably in Spoleto, at an uncertain date, by the 9th c. at the latest.