Pudens
Pudens
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- References:: 2 Timothy 4#4:21
Notes
Summary
Pudens is mentioned once in 2 Timothy 4#4:21, grouped with Eubulus, Linus, and Claudia among the Roman Christians who send greetings to Timothy. His Latin name (Pudens, "modest" or "bashful") was a common Roman cognomen, particularly among the upper and middle classes.
Some later traditions connect this Pudens with a Roman senator named Pudens who, according to certain church legends, hosted Peter in his home on the Viminal Hill in Rome, the site that would later become the Basilica of Santa Pudenziana, one of Rome's oldest churches. This identification is speculative and depends on late sources, but it reflects the early church's memory that Roman Christians of social standing provided hospitality and protection to apostolic figures.
Pudens is grouped with Claudia, a woman with an aristocratic Roman name. Some scholars have speculated they were married, though the text does not indicate any relationship between them beyond shared membership in the Roman church.