Pudentiana
Pudentiana is a virgin and martyr of the 2nd century who refused to worship the Roman Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Antoninus Pius as deities. She is sometimes locally known as "Potentiana" and is often coupled with her sister, Praxedes the martyress.
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- 0100-01-01
- Died
- 0200-00-00
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- Saint.honorific_prefix
- Saint
- Saint.name
- Pudentiana
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- Pudentiana, detail of a mosaic in Santa Pudenziana.jpg
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- Saint Pudentiana in the mosaic of the apse of the Santa Pudenziana
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- Virgin, martyr
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- Pre-Congregation
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- Legend
- Veneration
- Homonymous town in Numidia
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Pudentiana is a virgin and martyr of the 2nd century who refused to worship the Roman Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Antoninus Pius as deities. She is sometimes locally known as "Potentiana" and is often coupled with her sister, Praxedes the martyress.
== Legend == thumb|Praxedes and Pudentiana, by Antiveduto Grammatica According to her acta and the Martyrology of Reichenau, she was a Roman virgin of the early church, daughter of Saint Pudens, friend of the Apostles, and sister of Praxedes.