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Pancras of Taormina
hieromartyr, bishop of Taormina
SaintFull write-upAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 9 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1
Died
40
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
At Taormina in Sicily, Saint Pancras, bishop and martyr, held to be the first bishop of this Church.
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 8 July as a bishop and martyr held to be the first bishop of Taormina.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 8 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q779850 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Pancras of Taormina (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.