Pancras of Taormina

Saint Pancras of Taormina
Church of San Pancrazio, Taormina. The altar, which contains a statue of Saint Pancras.
Born	Antiochia in Cilicia (modern-day Adana, Turkey)
Died	c. 40 AD Taormina (modern-day Italy)
Venerated in	Roman Catholic Church; Eastern Orthodox Church;[1] Armenian Apostolic Church; True Orthodox Church including Tikhonites
Feast	8 July or 9 July (formerly 3 April); the Eastern Orthodox Church venerates him as a Hieromartyr on 9 July (22 July, N.S.).; the Armenian Apostolic Church commemorates him on the Thursday after the first Sunday of Advent.
Attributes	depicted as an old man with yellowing grey hair, vested as a bishop, holding a cross in his right hand, and a Gospel book in his left
Patronage	Taormina; Canicattì

Pancras or Pancratius (Greek: Παγκράτιος, Pankratios; Italian: Pancrazio) is an Italian saint associated with Taormina and venerated as a Christian martyr. His surviving hagiography is purely legendary. He is, however, recorded in some early martyrologies.