Pancharius of Rome

Holy Martyr Pancharius of Rome was a high official of the emperor Maximian (305-311). He had abandoned Christianity and become a pagan, but his mother and sister, learning of it, sent him a letter urging him to remember the fear of God and the coming Judgment. Pancharius repented and confessed his faith openly before the emperor. For this he endured torments in Rome, was then sent to Nicomedia and was beheaded there (around the year 302, according to the Azbyka page).

Saint Pancharius is commemorated on 1 April, in the new style.