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Saint

Praetextatus of Rome

A name entered in the martyrology attributed to Jerome, on 6 August; few details survive.

Uncertain source. We are looking to verify this information as soon as we can.

Feast
August 6old style August 19
Era
unknown
Place
Rome

Life

The name Praetextatus of Rome appears in the martyrology attributed to Saint Jerome, on 6 August, in a list of names linked with Rome. No other details have survived. He is counted among the saints of the undivided Church; the source shows no synodal canonization.

Commemorated the same day August 6