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Kapitan Klink · November 18th 04, 04:17 PM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.railway,uk.transport

(Andy Kirkham) wrote in message The only reason people in Britain know the name St. Pancras is because
there is a London terminus of that name. Only the most dedicated
hagiologists will have any clue about the saint himself.

Andy Kirkham
Glasgow

I can never resist a challenge!

PANCRAS

Also known as Pancritas; Pancratius
Memorial 12 May

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Fourteen-year-old orphan, brought to Rome by his uncle, Saint
Dionysius. Convert to Christianity. Martyred with Saint Nereus, Saint
Achilleus, and Saint Domitilla. Pope Vitalian sent his relics from the
cemetery of Calepodius in Rome to England as part of the
evangelization of England, so they would have relics of the Church at
large, and to install in altars in new churches. Saint Augustine of
Canterbury dedicated the first Church in England to Saint Pancras, and
subsequent churches throughout England are similarly named for him.

Died beheaded c.304 at Rome
Patronage against false witness, against perjury, children, cramps,
headaches, oaths, treaties