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Saint Pudens was an early Christian saint and martyr. He is mentioned as a layman of the Roman Church in and was baptised by him, and was martyred under Nero (reigned 54-68). He is commemorated on April 14 in the Eastern Orthodox Church Calendar and May 19 according to the Dominican Martyrology . He is said to have been the son of Quintus Cornelius Pudens , a Roman Senator . He is said to have had two sons, Novatus and Timotheus , and two daughters, Praxedes and Pudentiana , all saints, but if Pudens life is documented, those of his daughters is derived only by the existence of two ancient churches, Santa Prassede and Santa Pudenziana in Rome . The acts of the synod of Pope Symmachus (499) show the existence of a ''titulus Pudentis'', a church with the authority to administer sacraments. It is possible that a wrong interpretation of the titulus led to the creation of the figure of Pudentiana, and that the "church of Santa Pudenziana " was actually a "church of Pudens". REFERENCES Notes |
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