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Judas Cyriacus
Patron saint of Ancona
SaintAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 4 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
350
Died
363
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
St. Judas Cyriacus (Cyriacus of Ancona, Cyriacus of Jerusalem, Quiriacus, Quiricus, Kyriakos); Spanish: Quirico, Italian: Ciriaco), d. ca. AD 360, is the patron saint of Ancona, Italy. His feast day is celebrated in the Catholic Church on 4 May.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Sources
- santiebeati.it — San Ciriaco di Gerusalemme — The Jew Judas who took the name Cyriacus after the finding of the Cross; patron of Ancona, feast 4 May — matches Wikidata.
- Wikidata Q1346958 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Judas Cyriacus (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.