Pergentinus and Laurentinus

The Holy Martyrs Pergentinus and Laurentinus were two young brothers of Arezzo in Tuscany who received the crown of martyrdom under the emperor Decius in the year 251 (some sources give 250). According to tradition they were beheaded in the persecution begun by this emperor. Their names appear in the Hieronymian Martyrology.

They are the protectors of the city of Arezzo and of the Porta del Foro quarter, where a church is dedicated to them, and one of the gates of the old town bears the name of Laurentinus. The Church commemorates them on 3 June as saints of the West before the Great Schism (saints of the undivided Church), by the New Calendar.