Crescentius of Rome
Saint Crescentius | |
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| Born | ~292 AD |
| Died | ~303 AD Via Salaria, Rome |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Feast | September 14; October 12 (translation of relics) |
| Patronage | Siena |
Crescentius of Rome (Italian: San Crescenzio di Roma) is venerated as a child martyr by the Roman Catholic Church.
According to tradition, he was born of a noble Roman family and was baptized along with his parents by Epigmenius. During the persecutions of Christians by Diocletian, the family fled to Perugia, where his father Euthymius died. Led back to Rome, Crescentius, who was eleven years old, was beheaded on the via Salaria, outside of the city walls.