Judas Cyriacus [SEP] place of death
Judas Cyriacus
"'Judas Cyriacus (Cyriacus of Ancona, Cyriacus of Jerusalem, Quiriacus, Quiricus, Kyriakos)"; , ), d. ca. AD 360, is the patron saint of Ancona, Italy. His feast day is celebrated in the Catholic Church on May 4.
Judas Cyriacus, Bishop of Ancona.
He is said to have been the bishop of Ancona who died or was killed during a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He is also misidentified with Bishop Judas Cyriacus of Jerusalem ("Saint
the neglect paid her by her former husband, Constantius Chlorus. After her conversion to Christianity, Constantine sent her on a quest to find the cross and nails used to crucify Jesus. A Jew called Judas (in later retellings further called Judas Cyriacus) led her to the place they were buried. Several miracles were claimed to prove the authenticity of these items, and St. Helena returned with a piece of the cross and the nails. Socrates wrote that one nail was used to make a bridle and one was used to make