St Pancras

St Pancras

St Pancras, St. Pancras or Saint Pancras may refer to:

aints

* Pancras of Taormina, martyred in 40 AD in Sicily
* Saint Pancras, the saint martyred c.304 AD after whom the following are directly or indirectly named

Places

* St Pancras, London, an old district of London
** St Pancras International station, St Pancras Station
** King's Cross St. Pancras tube station, London Underground station
** St Pancras Hospital
** Metropolitan Borough of St Pancras, a local government area (1899-1965)
* St. Pancras (village), North Holland, Netherlands

Places of Worship

* St Pancras Old Church, London (4th century A.D.)
* St Pancras New Church, London (19th century)
* St Agnes and St Pancras church, Liverpool
* St Pancras, Ipswich

ee also

*San Pancrazio (disambiguation)


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