SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR MAY 12

 SAINTS OF THE DAY FOR  MAY 12 

STS. NEREUS AND ACHILLEUS, MARTYRED ON THE VIA ARDEATINA

St. Dionysius, 304 A.D. Martyr and uncle of St. Pancras. An Asiatic by birth, Dionysius brought St. Pancras to Rome, where they became Christians. Dionysius died in a Roman prison.  

ST. PANCRAS, MARTYRED ON THE VIA AURELIA-Saint Pancras, (Pancratius). He was born at the end of the third century and brought up by an uncle in Rome after the death of his parents. Both he and his uncle became Christians. Pancras was beheaded in 304 during Diocletian's persecution. He was only 14 years old.  Pancras is especially venerated in England because Augustine of Canterbury dedicated his first church to Pancras and his relics were presented as a gift to the king of Northumberland. A district in London is named St. Pancras after him.  

St. Flavia Domitilla, Roman Catholic Martyr with Euphrosyna and Theodora. She was related to Emperors Domitian and Titus and was a great-niece of St. Flavius Clemens. She was martyred with her two foster sisters.

St.  Etheihard, Archbishop of Canterbury, England, after Pope Leo III restored the primacy of that see, also called Aethelhard. He had to go into exile until Lichfield was abolished as a metropolitan see.  

St. Diomma, 5th century. Patron saint of Kildimo County, Limerick, in Ireland. He taught St. Declan of Ardmore and other Irish evangelists.  

ST. GERMANUS OF CONSTANTINOPLE, BISHOP