Martyr
Pelagius of Constance
A martyr honored at Constance, slain for Christ around 283.
Life
Pelagius of Constance was a martyr in Istria under the emperor Numerian, around the year 283. In some sources he is a boy, in others a deacon. His relics were brought to Cittanova in Istria, and a part of them was taken around 915 to Constance in Germany, of which he is the patron. He is a saint of the undivided Church, venerated in the West.
His commemoration falls on 28 August (new calendar); the Churches on the Old Calendar keep the same day of the Menaion on 10 September of the civil calendar.
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