Palatias and Laurentia

Palatias and Laurentia (Italian: Sante Palazia e Laurenzia, Lorenza) (died 302 AD) are martyrs venerated by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.

They were executed for being Christians at Fermo, in present-day Italy, during the reign of Diocletian.

[2] Mario Natalucci believes that it be may possible that the two saints were natives of Ancona who were martyred during the persecutions of Diocletian, and their relics carried to that city.

Their relics were collected in one small bronze urn, of Berninian imitation, donated to Ancona Cathedral by Pope Benedict XIV, who had been bishop of that city.

Guercino's La Santa Palazia is preserved in the Pinacoteca Civica Francesco Podesti, in Ancona.