Pudentiana was a Christian virgin and martyr of the second century who refused to worship the Roman Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Antoninus Pius as deities. As the eldest daughter of the Roman senator
Praxedes and Pudentiana, by Antiveduto Grammatica
Saint Pudentiana, Fresco of the 15th century, from the church of Santa Pudenziana in Narni, Italy
The Basilica of Santa Pudentiana is the eldest Roman Catholic basilica built in the fourth century in Rome. The original shrine building dates back from the second century and is dedicated to Saint Pu
Pudentiana
…Pudentiana or Praxedes. It is possible that the early Church's Ecclesia Pudentiana (Latin for 'the church of Pudens') was mistaken for "Saint Pudentiana". Santa Pudenziana, a basilica in Rome, is dedicated to her, and her commemoration in the General Roman Calendar fell on 19 May until its 1969 revision. Pudentiana is…
Frontal main entrance below the street level
Christ enthroned among the Apostles, apse mosaic (enhanced image), a Paleochristian mosaic, circa 420
Ancient Roman mosaic depicting the Madonna and Child flanked by the sisters Pudenziana and Praxedes. The Chapel of Saint Zeno at the Basilica of Saint Praxedes