Who was St Pancras? 

St Pancras’ window in St Pancras church, Plymouth

Pancras (Pancratius) was born in about the year 290 in the town of Synnada in Phrygia, an area of Asia.  He was the only son of a wealthy Roman couple but was orphaned at a young age and brought up by his Uncle. Both Pancras and his Uncle became Christians.  The Roman Emperor Diocletian beheaded Pancras in 304 during the persecution of Christians.  Pancras was only 14 years old.

St Augustine dedicated his first church to St. Pancras, now Canterbury Cathedral