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Also known as

• Crescentian of Saldo
• Crescentino
• Crescenziano
• Crescentianus

Memorial

• 1 June
• 8 August on some calendars

Profile

Imperial Roman soldier. Convert to Christianity. During the persecutions of Diocletian, Crescentinus fled to Thifernum Tiberinum (modern Città di Castello). There he is reported to have slain a dragon that had terrorized the region; this convinced the locals of the power of God and led to many conversions, and to the depictions of Crescentinus fighting a dragon. It is also possible that Crescentinus evangelized the region, made many converts, and the image of him slaying the dragon is represents him defeating the devil or paganism. Eventually, however, the anti–Catholic forces of Diocletian came to the area, and Crescentinus fell as a martyr.

Died

• beheaded on 1 June 303 at Saldo, Italy
• relics translated to Urbino, Italy in 1068 by Blessed Mainard of Urbino

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• against headache (a ceremony in Urbino cures headaches by tapping the sufferer’s head with the relics of Crescentinus)
• Città di Castello, Italy
• Urbino, Italy

Representation

• Roman soldier
• slaying a dragon, generally from horseback

MLA Citation

• “Saint Crescentinus“. CatholicSaints.Info. 20 June 2022. Web. 24 April 2024. <>