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Saint Peregrin Martyr

St. Peregrin the martyr was an early Christian martyr who died because he and others refused to worship the Roman Emperor Commodus on his birthday.

 

Died August 25, 182, Rome

Venerated in Roman Catholic Church

Major shrine Saint John's Abbey, Collegeville Minnesota

 

Feast August 25 (Martyrdom); May 6 (Translation)

 

Attributes Chi Rho on his chest, in a dungeon with the rack, the scourge, clubs or fire's flames

 

Patronage young men and women discerning their vocations

 

 

His Shrine

 

His Life

 

 

"O dear friends," they cried, "abandon the worship of demons. Give honor to the one God, the Blessed Trinity, the omnipotent Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Do penance and be baptized, lest you perish together with Commodus!"

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