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Detail of A Stained Glass Windows of The Martyrdom of Saint Quiriace Date And Artist Unknown Chapel of SaintQuiriace Collegiate Church of SaintQuiriace Provins SeineEtMarne France Photographed On 4 June 2011 By Gfreihalter
Detail of A Stained Glass Windows of The Martyrdom of Saint Quiriace Date And Artist Unknown Chapel of SaintQuiriace Collegiate Church of SaintQuiriace Provins SeineEtMarne France Photographed On 4 June 2011 By Gfreihalter

Saint Judas Cyriacus

Also known as: Cyriacus of Ancona; Judas Quiriacus; Quiriace; Quiriacus; Ciriaco di Gerusalemme

Saint
Pre-Congregation

Feast Day

May 4

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

Biography

Saint Judas Cyriacus, also known as Cyriacus of Ancona, Judas Quiriacus, Quiriace, Quiriacus, and Ciriaco di Gerusalemme, was a bishop of Ancona, Italy, and is possibly the first bishop of the city. He is celebrated as a martyr who was executed during the persecutions of Julian the Apostate, possibly while on a pilgrimage to the Holy Lands....