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• 1 April (Atina, Italy)

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Tenth bishop of Atina, Italy from 288 to 313. When Prudentius tried to destroy a statue of the goddess Juno, local pagans killed him in the street in front of Juno’s temple. Martyr.

Died

• 28 March 313 in Atina
• buried by his killers near the temple of Juno in Atina as a sign of the triumph of the pagans over the Christian
• body recovered and re-interred at the parish church of Saint Peter by local Christians on 1 April 313

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

MLA Citation

• “Saint Prudentius of Atina“. CatholicSaints.Info. 13 March 2019. Web. 25 April 2024. <>