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Also known as

• Prudencio
• Prudentzio

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• 28 April

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Cave hermit at age 15, and the spiritual student of another hermit near Osma, Old Castille, Spain. At age 22 he began evangelizing, opposing idolators and miraculously healing in the area of Calahorra, Spain. Priest. Canon of the church in Calahorra. Bishop of Tarazona, Aragon (in modern Spain).

Born

• in Armentia, Alava province, Spain

Died

• late 7th century in Osma, Old Castille, Spain of natural causes
• buried in a cave
• some relics in the diocese of Calahorra, Spain
• some relics in the co-cathedral of Santa Maria la Redonda, Logroño, Spain

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Tarazona, Spain, diocese of
• Alava, Spain
• Lazkao, Spain

MLA Citation

• “Saint Prudentius of Tarazona“. CatholicSaints.Info. 29 December 2023. Web. 14 May 2024. <>