Pontianus
Roman martyr and saint
Feast: 19 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Pontianus (Latin: Pontianus, Italian: Ponziano) (alternatively anglicized as Pontian) was a second century Christian martyr. He was martyred during the reign of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius. He is honored as a saint and martyr by the Catholic Church, the Old Catholic Church, and the Eastern Orthodox Church. In Spoleto, Italy, he is invoked for protection against earthquakes. He is patron saint of the Frisian village Marssum.
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.
- Santi e Beati — San Ponziano di Spoleto — "San Ponziano di Spoleto | Martire | II sec. | festa 19 gennaio" — invoked at Spoleto against earthquakes.
- Wikidata Q436439 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Pontianus of Spoleto (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.