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Saint Terence (Italian: San Terenzio) is the patron saint of Pesaro. According to tradition he was from Pannonia and fled to the Adriatic coast to escape the persecution of Christians under Decius (ca. 250–51). His corpse was eventually thrown into a gorge near some hot springs (locally called acqua mala or acqua cattiva) near Pesaro. The place of his martyrdom was considered to be the area called the Apsella di Montelabbate near the Abbey of San Tomaso in Foglia.
